George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley Papers.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley was born in Dublin in 1870 and educated in Britain, where he spent much of his life, residing at Hanwell Castle, Oxfordshire. He was a committed Irish nationalist and was a Training Officer with the Irish Volunteers. He was on the committee of Irish Volunteers who met in London in 1914 to organise funds for the Howth gun-running, and in 1920/1921 was involved with the Peace with Ireland Movement. Berkeley also saw service in the British Army during the First World War. He wrote several books, mainly about Italy and Italian history, among them the 1929 publication 'The Irish battalion in the Papal army of 1860'. In writing this book he wished to preserve the first-hand accounts of the men who were there, and to redeem the reputation of the Irish members of the Papal Army, who, he felt, were unfairly treated in some previous histories. |
| Arrangement: | Fonds |
| Provenance: | Originally in the possession of George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley. |
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Letter from Colonel Maurice Moore to George F.-H. Berkeley regarding Berkeley's ongoing organisation of the Irish Volunteers in Belfast,
1914 July 13.
| In Collection: | George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley Papers. |
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| Description: | Moore apologises that he will be absent from Dublin for a fortnight and hopes that the organisation in Belfast is going well as it is "certainly the most dangerous place in Ireland". |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (3 pages with envelope). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Call Number: |
MS 7879/17
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |