Piaras Béaslaí Papers,
1895-1965
I. Irish Revolution: (i): An tÓglach (ii): Sinn Féin, Dáil Éireann, IRA (iii): Civil War and censorship (iv): Michael Collins papers (v): Correspondence (vi): Newspaper reports (vii): Photographs.
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Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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Notes: | Physical description: 67 boxes (ca. 17,000 items) Indexes: Finding aid available: NLI Manuscripts Collection List No. 44 more |
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I.ii. Sinn Féin, Dáil Éireann, and IRA,
1913-1922.
In Collection: | Piaras Béaslaí Papers, 1895-1965 |
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Description: | Documents relating to Béaslaí's positions as a public representative, member of Sinn Féin and Dáil Éireann, and a significant figure in the general headquarters staff of the Irish Volunteers/IRA. Subjects include local issues in Kerry; material relating to Irish Volunteers in Dublin, 1913-18; memoranda concerning the work of Dáil Éireann; documents relating to Sinn Féin, in particular the party's ard fheiseanna in 1918 and 1921; correspondence and reports from local IRA units; documents concerning the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the debate on its acceptance in Dáil Éireann; documents captured from the suspected spy, F.D. Hardy, from republicans during the Civil War, and British intelligence documents from the War of Independence period; documents concerning Béaslaí's trip to the USA in 1922, and Eamon de Valera's earlier trip in 1919-20. There are also writings on various aspects of the Irish revolution by contemporaries and later historians. |
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Language: | English |
Extent: | 26 folders. |
Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 33,912/7
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland. |
Corporate Author: | Irish Citizen Army Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Republican Army Irish Volunteers Royal Irish Constabulary |