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.

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Main Creator: Clarke, Thomas James, 1858-1916
Contributors: Clarke, Kathleen, 1878-1972
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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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.

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Arrangement:Fonds
I. Correspondence. II. Political Activism. III. Other Papers. IV. Photographs.
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Letter from Thomas Clarke on Portland Prison headed notepaper to his friend Paddy Jordan of Strabane, signed in his prison name "H.H. Wilson",

21 December 1897.
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In Collection: Tom Clarke and Kathleen Clarke Papers, 1890-1972.
Description:He mentions his completion of 15 years in prison by next April - "Yes, fifteen years is a dreadful long time sure enough, but the slow going days & hours of it never seemed to drag along as slowly as now. How I am longing for it to end!". He mentions the restrictions on his correspondence [he was allowed one letter out every 3 months]. Various friends are mentioned and he discusses disappointments over the Amnesty movement, urging Jordan not to blame people who have done their best.
Main Creator: Clarke, Thomas James, 1858-1916
Language:English
Extent:1 item (2 pages).
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,425 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.