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Letter to Mrs Kit Ahern, Ballybunion, County Kerry, from Lemass, 23 November 1964, offering her a nomination to the Seanad. He states that the recent death of An Seabhac has created a vacancy.

s 1714147/95

Letter

Letter to Lemass from Mrs Kit Ahern, Ballybunion, County Kerry, 24 November 1964, accepting the nomination to the Seanad and asking to meet him.

s 1714147/95

Letter

Letter to Lemass from Mrs Kit Ahern, 1 December 1964. `When making my decision to accept your nomination to the Seanad I had an idea that I should resign from Bord Fáilte. Whilst deeply regretting having to leave the Board I made my decision for several reasons. Firstly to recognise your tribute to the women of Ireland and personal tribute to myself which while being an honour I regard also as a serious responsibility. Secondly to jolt suitable women into realising that you genuinely needed more of them in public life - also to be true to my long preaching on the subject. Lastly as a tribute to the late Senator Moloney & a badly needed lift to North Kerry F. Fail who tried so hard to nominate me eighteen months ago'.

s 1714147/95

Letter

Minute to the Secretary, Department of Finance, from NS O Nuallain, 8 August 1953, relating to a claim for the State bounty in respect of centenarians by Mrs Mary Twomey, Rathmore, County Kerry.

96/6/463

Minute

Report by R.J. Feely, Registrar, re the charge of Riot and Unlawful Assembly made against Florence Kerins and others on the 1st December 1933 in Tralee, Co Kerry.

s 2296

report

Memorandum re the Attorney General v John O'Shea, Co Kerry, under the Constitution (Special Powers) Tribunal. One of the offences with which John O'Shea was charged was the possession of a pamphlet issued by the Publicity Department, Cumann na mBan.

s 2770

order

Draft letter to be sent by the Governor General to the Duke of Devonshire, informing him that the only relative of the late Robert J Lyons, was a Mrs Wilson, Tralee, Co Kerry.

Robert J Lyons, Estate

finance

Memo re a report furnished by the Superintendent of the Kerry Division, Civic Guard, stating that 'the only relative who can be traced is a Mrs Wilson, Spa, Tralee, Co Kerry.

Robert J Lyons, Estate

finance

Copy of a letter from Randal McCarthy to Kevin O'Higgins, re an alleged assault which took place three years previously on the daughters of Randal McCarthy by General O'Daly. Letter outlines a trip to Dublin made by Randal McCarthy and his witnesses to be interviewed by Mr Liston, State Solicitor for Co Kerry, and the expenses incurred by him during that trip. Also directs his attention towards other evidence.

s 3341

letter

Copy of a letter from Hugh Kennedy, Attorney General to the President re the 'Case of the McCarthys'. The letter outlines the allegations made 'that about five minutes to one a.m. o'clock on the morning of the 2nd June 1923, Florence and Jessy, two daughters of Dr Randal McCarthy of Kenmare, were dragged out of their father's house in their night clothes and flogged and their hair covered with some objectionable form of grease. The perpetrators are alleged to have been three masked men------there is a definite suggestion made that the GOC and two officers in the Kerry Command are implicated in the outrage'. The letter is concerned with two issues; (1) 'assuming the outrage to have been committed, whether there is prima facie evidence as to the identity of the perpetrators, (2) how should he or they be proceeded against'. There is also a paragraph devoted to the examination of the character of the complainants which stated that 'It is humiliating to have to confess that when the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries followed in the train, many of the girls of this social stratum were easy associates-possibly intrigued by the combination of uniform, southern English accent and reputed careers in the British Army'.

s 3341

letter