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1921-40 interesting archive relating to William “Billy” Mombrun.
Includes Mombrun’s internment order at the Curragh Camp (Rath) for
allegedly attempting to smuggle guns from Glasgow, correspondence
relating to his appeals for release, later permit from the Free State
Director of Intelligence for him to have a revolver, and, intriguingly, a
“Dublin S.F. Circle” handbill seeking subscriptions to purchase a
Spitfire for “the heroic airmen of The British Empire” including
Mombrun as a trustee of the Circle’s bank account. (26).
William Alexander Mombrun (c1880-1951) was born in England and came to
Ireland after 1918 as manager of General Electric Company’s Dublin office. He is
mentioned in Military Archives as having assisted the IRA during the War of
Independence, and his internment resulted from the discovery by police in
Glasgow of boxes of arms and ammunition addressed to him at GEC Dublin in
April 1921.
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1921 Execution of Thomas Whelan and Paddy Moran, Mountjoy.
A collection of postcards and photographs, including Thomas Whelan
and Paddy Moran, in the days before their execution on 14 March
1921, posing with an Auxiliary R.I.C. officer and prison guards; Also
photographs of an armoured car on a Dublin street and the aftermath
of the rising; together with an unused pass to Dáil Éireann, 10 April,
1919. (9)
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1921 Photograph of Thomas Whelan under escort of a prison
warder and an Auxiliary
Mounted on 7in x 9in card, inscribed “Mrs Whelan - Mother of -
Thomas - R.I.P.” Thomas Whelan was arrested on 23 November 1920
and subsequently charged with the murder, on Bloody Sunday, of
Captain G.T. Baggelly, an army prosecutor. Despite eyewitness
testimony placing him at Mass at the time of the murder he was
convicted and sentenced to death. He was hanged on 14 March 1921
at Mountjoy Jail. 3½ x 5½in. (8.89 x 13.97cm)
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1921 Requiescat for Michael O’Callaghan
A four page printed commemoration booklet in remembrance of the
nationalist Lord Mayor of Limerick. In attractive modern presentation
box. Michael O’Callaghan and his successor as Lord Mayor of Limerick,
George Clancy, were shot dead on the night of 7 March 1921, in what
became known as ‘The Curfew Murders’. The murders were witnessed
by both men’s wives. Charges were never brought for the killings but
it was widely believed to be the responsibility of Crown forces.
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1921 Manchester arson attacks by IRA archive including a letter
from Michael Collins to Paddy O’Donoghue.
Fascinating archive of letters and documents concerning Paddy
O’Donoghue and his arrest and imprisonment for arson attacks on
Manchester businesses during the Irish War of Independence as
reprisals for British forces’ burnings of homes and businesses in
Ireland. Includes a statement to his solicitor by Paddy O’Donoghue
giving details of his activities and his arrest, copy of his letter to
Michael Collins justifying the campaign and complaining that the
prisoners were being asked to defend themselves with false alibis and
legalities rather than demand to be treated as Prisoners of War.
Michael Collins 2pp letter of 7 July 1921 in reply mentioning “a
chance of getting you away from where you are”, which turned out to
be a bungled escape from prison - “very disgraceful” writes Collins. He
mentions he will “communicate with the Solr.” (JH MacDonnell) and
explore the possibility of O’Donoghue not being called to give
evidence and thus avoid repenting “of our own deeds” or being
“ashamed of them”. Also includes 9pp small notebook pages of
instructions by O’Donoghue regarding the case to MacDonnell, and a
number of carbon copies of typescript for “Standing Committee of
CEC” (Central Executive Council of Sinn Féin in Great Britain with
reference to the Manchester Trials, deportations of members, etc.,
dated 21 May 1921, and lists of members in Leeds and Durham, etc.
(8)
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1921 (14 and 18 May) Internment Orders for Irishmen in England.
Single sheet mimeographed foolscap with typed entries for Charles
Bertram Dutton, Denis Carr, John Joseph Carr, and Brian O’Kennedy, all
from London and all to be interned in Ballykinlar Camp, Co. Down. (4)
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1921-22 three letters concerning Irish prisoners including
Connaught Rangers mutineers.
Three letters from The Prison Commission to JH MacDonnell, solicitor,
permitting him to visit “the English Sinn Féin Convicts” , and one
referring to MacDonnell’s list of The Connaught Rangers (mutineers
imprisoned in England) and mentioning John Flannery, Joseph Dowling
and William Joseph Shallow, and “Hardy is still in Wormwood Scrubs”.
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1921 (21 and 27 June). Letter from Seán McGarry in prison.
Refers to “peace feelers sent out by the British Government” and
warns against complacency, recommending the addressee to “get your
forces together also to start coy’s [companies of Volunteers] in other
towns”. The letter has been folded and torn into several pieces
probably to smuggle from jail. Pp1 foolscap.
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1921 photograph of Éamon de Valera and Arthur Griffith on board
the mail boat leaving Dun Laoghaire.
A fine original photograph of two of the delegates to the peace talks
on their way to London.
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1921 (23 July) letter from Duke of Northumberland regarding his
proposal of making “Southern Ireland” a republic.
Alan Ian Percy, Duke of Northumberland, known for his radical right
wing views, had apparently written in a periodical that the 26
counties should be made a republic and not be given the same status
as Australia or Canada,
Alan Ian Percy (1880-1930) served as an army officer from 1900 to 1918. He
became Duke of Northumberland in 1918. From 1922 until his death he
financed and directed The Patriot, a radical right-wing weekly which published
Nesta Webster and promulgated a mix of anti-communism and anti-Semitism.
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1921-1922 Treaty and Civil War, three newspapers
Irish Independent 17 August, 1921, “Sitting of the Dail”; Sunday
Independent, 8 January, 1922, “Peace Treaty Ratified”; Evening Herald
3 July, 1922, “National Troops Hem in Irregulars in O’Connell Street
Area”. (3)
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1921 Ná Bac Leis. Ballykinlar Camp Newspaper
Vol. I No.1.September 1921, Ballykinlar inmates’ newspaper. Scarce
first issue.
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