![Typescript letter from Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to William O'Brien mentioning he is glad there will be a celebration for the release of [Walter] Carpenter, informing him of an enclosed £0-2-6 towards the fund for Carpenter's family and stating he will not attend a meeting the following Sunday unless steps have been taken to "resist forcibly any attempt by the police" to interfere or break up the meeting,](/IIIF/000640000/000635790/vtls000635790_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
Typescript letter from Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to William O'Brien mentioning he is glad there will be a celebration for the release of [Walter] Carpenter, informing him of an enclosed £0-2-6 towards the fund for Carpenter's family and stating he will not attend a meeting the following Sunday unless steps have been taken to "resist forcibly any attempt by the police" to interfere or break up the meeting,
1911 Aug. 22.
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| Summary: | Walter Carpenter was arrested and imprisioned for a month in July 1911 for “using language calculated to lead to a breach of the peace and with having endeavoured to degrade the King in the esteem of his subjects". On his release there was a rally and celebration at Liberty Hall addressed be James Connolly. Sheehy-Skeffington also enquires as to whehter anything can be done to stop Lakin in "his insensate campaing against the Freeman and Telegraph". |
| In collection: | William O'Brien (1881-1968) Papers, 1898-1969 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Copy letter can be sen at MS 13,967/2. Letter includes author's address as "11, Grosevenor Place, / Rathmines". Enclosed items no longer extant. Physical description: 1 item (1 page). more |
| Arrangement: | Item |
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Typescript letter from Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to William O'Brien mentioning he is glad there will be a celebration for the release of [Walter] Carpenter, informing him of an enclosed £0-2-6 towards the fund for Carpenter's family and stating he will not attend a meeting the following Sunday unless steps have been taken to "resist forcibly any attempt by the police" to interfere or break up the meeting,
1911 Aug. 22.
| In Collection: | William O'Brien (1881-1968) Papers, 1898-1969 |
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| Description: | Walter Carpenter was arrested and imprisioned for a month in July 1911 for “using language calculated to lead to a breach of the peace and with having endeavoured to degrade the King in the esteem of his subjects". On his release there was a rally and celebration at Liberty Hall addressed be James Connolly. Sheehy-Skeffington also enquires as to whehter anything can be done to stop Lakin in "his insensate campaing against the Freeman and Telegraph". |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (1 page). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 13,967/4
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |