Tom Clarke and Kathleen Clarke Papers,
1890 -1972.
Papers of Tom Clarke and Kathleen Clarke (née Daly). Includes their own personal letters to each other and further correspondence with family, friends and political associates in Ireland and among the Irish community in America. Among the correspondents are Daly Clarke, Edward Daly, Eamon De Valera, John Devoy, John Dillon, James Egan, James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, Tim Harrington, Linda McKeown, Una Moran, Blainaid Ní Carnaigh, Bríd Ní Congaile, Margaret Pearse, Padraic Pearse, John Redmond and Austin Stack. Also included is documentation relating to Tom Clarke's imprisonment in Chatham and Portland prisons, the campaign to secure his release and his subsequent political activism both in Ireland. Kathleen Clarke's political engagement in organisations such as Cumann na mBan, the Irish Volunteer Dependents Fund, Sinn Fein and Fianna Fáil and her opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty are also represented in the collection.
Main Creator: | |
---|---|
Contributors: | |
Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | |
Notes: | The Tom Clarke Photographs (call number TC 1-TC 33) are housed in the National Library's Photographic Archive. Poster 'A Message from America' by Friends of Irish Freedom (USA) housed in Department of Ephemera, National Library of Ireland at EPH F24. Physical description: 3 boxes. more |
Arrangement: | Fonds I. Correspondence. II. Political Activism. III. Other Papers. IV. Photographs. |
I.ii.6. Letters from Kathleen Clarke to her husband Tom Clarke, written from Limerick,
1908.
In Collection: | Tom Clarke and Kathleen Clarke Papers, 1890-1972. |
---|---|
Description: | Letters relate to family and business matters, notably the establishment of Clarke's tobacconist shop in Amiens Street, Dublin, his work in the shop and its early takings, the progress of her pregnancy, the birth of their second son Tom in Limerick and her hopes of eventually joining him in Dublin. Also referred to in passing are her concerns over seeking support for the shop from 'Sinn Fein Gaelic League or any other of those cliques' (18/2) and her anxieties over their decision to leave New York and return to Ireland (30/3). |
Main Creator: | |
Extent: | 65 items, 3 folders. |
Format: | Manuscript |
Call Number: |
MS 49,352/6
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Copyright owned by the National Library of Ireland. |