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NT 1916 Rising
NT Land War
NT Ranch War
NT The Truce
NT World War 1
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UKAT
NT 1916 Rising
NT Land War
NT Ranch War
NT The Truce
NT World War 1
NT World War 2
Includes:
Order that under the Emergency Powers Act, boards of health and public assistance to encourage the production of turf for persons who will be dependent on home assistance.
Contains report of Inspector Miss Murray of the Local Government Department on boarding-out of children which was critical of Offaly Board of Health (Aug 1941), and rebuttal reports from the Board (Dec 1941).
Minute book recording meetings held and decisions taken by the committee of Tullamore GAA Club. Notable for references to the Irish Volunteers and the nationalist movement. While not mentioning the Tullamore Incident of 20 March 1916 directly, there was a proposal, later dropped, to hold a tournament to raise funds for the prisoners involved in the Incident (4 April 1916). This minute book also records the decision, passed unanimously, that the tri-colour jersey be worn by Tullamore club players in both hurling and football (31 May 1917).
Minute book containing minutes of meetings held by Offaly Southern Committee, mainly held in various locations in Birr, detailing election of officers, arrangement of fixtures, decisions on tournament permits, objections raised by clubs in relation to outcomes of matches and other matters. Also contains a letter from the Leinster Council to the Secretary of Offaly GAA, English Hotel, Birr in relation, among other things, to the application of the Parish Rule in the reinstatement of players who were in the British Army. Also includes details of Gaelic Sunday, 5 August 1918, which was organised by the GAA nationwide 'to demonstrate their right to play their games without permit from the English Government authorities.'
Two forwarding addresses at Letchworth, England of Josephine and Andre Hammond with ms annotation noting that they left Banagher on 22.05.1916.
Forwarding note to Mrs. Sherrard (committee member Banagher) of 14th September 1917 from Birr War pensions Sub-Committee in reference to application.
3 duplicate, typescript manuscripts entitled 'Notes of Sale under Land Acts and other Miscellaneous Notes Bellair Estate by William Bury Homan Mulock 1916'.
Chapters in the manuscript include:
Income of the estate before sale to the tenants under the land acts;
Yearly rental 1897-1907;
Recollections of the Great Famine and its effect on the Bellair estate;
Copies of correspondence between William and his sister, Mary;
Condition assessment of Bellair House and farm;
List of tenants of the Bellair estate who purchased their land;
Christopher Guinan, Michael Daly and Paddy Digan's reminiscences of Bellair.
Notes entitled 'Information/Background Info' by Colm O'Brennan 2015'. Analysis of the Tullamore Incident with lists of those charged and court-martialled.
Material relating to Tullamore Incident, March 1916 and the 1916 Rising from the family of Séamus O'Brennan and his brother Alo O' Brennan. Contains postcards, photographs, contemporary newspapers (1916-1917), memoirs, and commemorative newspapers (1966).
O'Brennan, Séamus