Context: Tom Kettle collection,

Tom Kettle collection,

1914-1938.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Kettle, Tom, 1880-1916
Contributors:	Hammond, Douglas T. Parsons, Lawrence Worthington, Sir, 1850-1923 Kettle, Laurence J., 1878–1960 Kettle, Mary Sheehy, 1884-1976 O'Connor, T. P. (Thomas Power), 1848-1929 Griffin, Gerald, 1803-1840 Friend, Lovick Bransby, Sir, 1856-1944 more
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Kettle, Tom, > 1880-1916 > Correspondence Kettle, Laurence J., > 1878–1960 > Correspondence Kettle, Mary Sheehy, > 1884- > Correspondence Friend, Lovick Bransby, > Sir, > 1856-1944 > Correspondence O'Connor, T. P. > (Thomas Power), > 1848-1929 > Correspondence Griffin, Gerald, > 1803-1840 > Correspondence World War, 1914-1918 > Correspondence Recruiting and enlistment Ireland > History > 1910-1921 > Sources
Notes:	As well as Tom Kettle other correspondents are Tom Kettle's brother Laurence; his wife Mary; the journalist and politician T.P. O'Connor; the writer Gerard Griffin and Major-General L.B. Friend Commander-in-Chief Ireland at the time of the Easter Rising. Letters from Tom Kettle to General Hammond, and some associated correspondence. The letters are addressed to Colonel Hammond (later General Hammond), except for one which is addressed to General Parsons. When the war broke out Kettle was in Belgium buying arms for the Irish Volunteers and witnessed the German invasion. At the beginning of the war Kettle was given the rank of lieutenant and had responsibility for recruitment in Ireland and England. At that time his health precluded a more active role, steps were taken to have him invalided out of the army, but he eventually achieved his aim of going to the front and was appointed to the Somme campaign with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was killed in action on 9th September 1916. Kettle had problems with lack of fitness and with alcoholism, which is referred to in the letters, indirectly by him and directly by his brother Laurence. General Parsons was General Officer Commanding 16th (Irish) Division at the start of the war in 1914. Physical description: 24 items. more
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Tom Kettle collection, 1914-1938.

Autograph letter from Tom Kettle to Colonel Hammond,

1914] Nov. 15.

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Bibliographic Details
In Collection:	Tom Kettle collection, 1914-1938
Description:	Kettle talks of the importance of countering the strong pro-German sentiment of various publications; he explains the difference between recruiting in England and in Ireland, the 'sort of inheritance of anti-English feeling' in Ireland which has to be overcome, and details his own efforts in speaking and writing 'to press home every aspect of the Belgian case'. He emphasises the importance of producing 'a cheap, accessible counter-literature' to put the Allied side. He talks of his motivations for fighting this war. 'What I saw in Belgium laid on me a duty from which there is no escape'. He expresses warm gratitude to Hammond for his kindness.
Main Creator:	Kettle, Tom, 1880-1916
Language:	English
Extent:	1 item (3 pages).
Format:	Manuscript
Call Number:	MS 50,030/3 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:	Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.