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Offaly County Library War of Independence
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Minute Book (1920)

Minutes of King's County Council, notable for the annual meeting of 19 June 1920 when Eamonn Bulfin was elected Chairman in absentia, having been deported to Argentina in 1919 following internment by the British government. The same meeting also recorded a proposal put forward by James O'Connor that the elected members of the Council change the name of King's County Council to that of Offaly County Council, with all printed matter in connection with the Council to bear the new title. The vice chairman, John Kelly, observed that King's County was one of the counties 'bearing a name which shows the track of the invader' and that it was time to revive the ancient and illustrious title of Offaly.' The motion proposed by O'Connor was seconded by Robbins and resolved. In the minutes of 25 November (Minute Book 4 OFCC10/4/1/4), correspondence was submitted from the Local Government Board stating that the Council had no power to change the name of the county from King's County to Offaly but the minutes do not record any further action taken on the matter.

OCL P29 Lennon Page 1

OCL P29 Lennon Page 1

Drawing of Hut 26, C. Company at Rath Internment Camp with list of internees. Hut Leader listed as Denis Pender and the Quarter Master as [Patrick Delahunt]. Internees are listed from Number 1062 to 1091 as follows: 1062 Peter Traynor, 1063 John Lennon, 1064 John Ravenhill, 1065 Joe Lee, 1066 Henry Haughey, 1067 Michael Cooke, 1068 Vincent Neville, 1069 Thomas Finlay, 1070 Thomas Clarke, 1071 John Traynor, 1072 Michael Doyle, 1073 William Tobin, 1074 John Horan, 1075 M[ichael] Molloy, 1076 Denis Pender, 1077 John Buggle, 1078 Patrick Brady, 1079 Jerry Kelly, 1080 Patirck Quinn, 1081 Patrick [Delahunt], 1082 John Daly, 1083 Jerry Neville, 1084 Joseph Neville, 1086 Thomas McGivinchy, 1086 Jason McBrien, 1087 Patrick Costello, 1088 [Matthew] Conifray, 1089 Larry [Hayden], 1090 Thomas Shanley, and 1091 Bernard Maguire.

OCL P29 Lennon Page 12

OCL P29 Lennon Page 12

Quote from Thomas Davis transcribed by Laurence Hayden (Roscommon), Rath Camp:

'Ireland's Wants: To get her peasants into snug homesteads, with wee tilled fields and placid hearths. To develop the ingenuity of her artists, and the docile industry of her artisans. To make for her own instruction a literature wherein our climate, history and passions shall breathe again - conscious strength and integrity and the high post of holy freedoom - these are Ireland's wants.'

OCL P29 Lennon Page 16

OCL P29 Lennon Page 16

Verse by Mícheál Ó Baoghaláin (Meath):

'Wherever the forces of crown assemble
Whether on land, or sea, or the air
Strike them down O Lord
Strike them down
And may their bones be ground into manure
And spread over the land to grow crops for the poor.'

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