Notice calling a meeting of the Dublin Municipal Council, in relation to a motion requesting the removal of the "Sword and Mace" from the Council Chambers,
1920 February 2-4.
The signatories consider the "Sword and Mace" to be "relics of barbarism, and, originating in the desire of tyrannical monarchs to parade their power before the eyes of subject people, their exhibition at the meetings of this Corporation is a perpetual symbol of servitude to the English Crown".
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Comprises the original Council circular, a typescript copy of the motion and a newspaper cutting showing a cartoon, by Fergus Ryan, entitled "Remove that bauble". Physical description: 1 item (3 pages). more |
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Notice calling a meeting of the Dublin Municipal Council, in relation to a motion requesting the removal of the "Sword and Mace" from the Council Chambers,
1920 February 2-4.
| In Collection: | William O'Brien (1881-1968) Papers, 1898-1969 |
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| Description: | The signatories consider the "Sword and Mace" to be "relics of barbarism, and, originating in the desire of tyrannical monarchs to parade their power before the eyes of subject people, their exhibition at the meetings of this Corporation is a perpetual symbol of servitude to the English Crown". Signed by William O'Brien, Kathleen Clarke, John O'Connor (Sean O'Conchubhairr), Thomas Kennedy, Joseph Farrell, Owen Hynes, Thomas P. O'Reilly, Geo. A. Lyons, J. Bohan, W.T. Cosgrave (L.T. Mac Cosgair), J. Byrne, Seamus O Maoilfhinn (Séamus Ua Maoilfinn), Michael Staines (Mícheál Staines), Laurence Raul, Thomas Nolan (Tomás Ó Nualláin), Joseph Clarke, John Forrestal (Seán Mac Caoilte), T.R. Atkins (Tomás Mac Aischion), Robert Rooney, Patrick Gordon, F. O'Cahill (Prionsias Ó Cathail), Anne E. Ashton, P. McDonnell (Pádraig Mac Dómhnaill), Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, Margaret McGarry, Thomas Loughlin, C. Murphy, Thomas Cassidy, William Paul, A. Fitzpatrick (A. Mac Giolla Pádraig), Thomas Lawlor, Dan Magee, John Farren, Lorcan O'Toole (Lorcán Ua Tauthail), John Grace, Patrick J. Medlar, John J. Murphy, M. Dowling, and Jennie Wyse Power (Siobháin Bean an Phaoraigh). |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (3 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 15,674/6/14
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| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |
| Corporate Author: | Dublin. Municipal Council |