Correspondence relating to the trial and release of Séan MacEntee,
1916-1917
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| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Séan MacEntee joined the Dundalk corps of the Irish Volunteers in January 1914. At the end of that year he joined the wing led by Eoin MacNeill. The Dundalk Volunteers mobilised on Easter Sunday 24 April 1916, marching to Slane awaiting orders that never came. MacEntee made his way to Dublin, but on the journey an affray occurred at Castlebellingham, County Louth, where Charles McGee, an RIC constable was murdered. MacEntee was later charged with his murder and sentenced to death but won a reprieve. He was imprisoned at Dartmoor Prison, then Lewes Prison and Portland Prison but was released in June 1917. He was re-arrested again on 6th August 1917 due to new statements issued by the Drogheda Royal Irish Constabulary. He was tried in September 1917 and then released. Physical description: 1 folder (16 items). more |
| Arrangement: | Fonds |
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1916-1917
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Copy of a deposition by Seán MacEntee detailing what led to his re-arrest on 6th August 1917,
undated [ca. 1917]
| In Collection: | Correspondence relating to the trial and release of Seán MacEntee, 1916-1917; |
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| Description: | MacEntee writes that at a reception banquet at the train station in Drogheda to meet him and celebrate his release there was a procession of several hundred men carrying Sinn Féin flags led by pipers in Gaelic costume. MacEntee gave a speech at a meeting held outside the Mayoralty Rooms which was seen as incendairy by those policemen who were present at the time and was subsequently arrested [he says that he appealed to the women of Drogheda to be prepared to make sacrifices for the national cause; the police claimed he urged the men to re-organise the Volunteers and to the women of Drogheda to assist the men in re-building the organisation; he claims he quoted from a Scottish poet James Barber while addressing the meeting and he says the police misquoted him incorrectly in their deposition]. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (3 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 49,501/3
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland. |