Domhnall Ó Ceallachain (Donal O'Callaghan)
TitleDomhnall Ó Ceallachain (Donal O'Callaghan)
ReferenceIE 627/PR37
Date
1920-1936
Production date 1920 - 1936
Scope and Content1. (12 Dec 1921) Copy of TS. letter from [?Florence O'Donoghue], IRA Officer Commanding , Cork No.1 Brigade HQ, 'To ALL T.D's in Cork 1 Area'. Notifies that '1. On December 10th the staff 1st Southern Division and all brigade commandants met and sent forward to G.H.Q. unanimously a demand for the rejection of the Treaty Proposals.... You are reminded that it is your duty to support this demand...To act otherwise would be treason to the republic to which we have all sworn allegiance.' (1p)
2. (c.13 Dec 1921) Reply to item 1 above; copy of MS. letter from Dómhnall Ó Ceallacháin (Donal O'Callaghan), Gresham Hotel, Dublin, to [Florence O'Donoghue], IRA Officer Commanding, Cork No.1 Brigade area. He will perform his duty (regarding the Treaty proposals) to the best of his ability. He declines 'to be governed by orders or threats - open or implied.' His conscience will be the sole arbiter of his action, when he is in possession of all the facts and circumstances. If in acting in the best interests of the country he is judged guilty of treason he will suffer the consequences, but this will not influence his decision. (2pp)
3. (12 Sep 1936) Copy of letter from Donal O'Callaghan, Athlone, to The Editor 'Cork Examiner', renouncing an inaccurate report in the paper that he was present at the Free State luncheon at the Victoria Hotel, Cork on 8 September. States that 'the civic functions of that date were, to me, merely an outrage on Cork's Republican past. I strongly resent it. Be good enough to contradict it.' (1p)
4. (1920-1923) Copy of full length portrait photograph of Donal O'Callaghan wearing Lord Mayor's chain and robe (20 x 29cm)
5. (19 April 1921) Copy of seated portrait photograph of Donal O'Callaghan '...taken at the office of his lawyer, Michael Francis Doyle, Philadelphia' (20 x 29cm)
6. (?1910-1930) Studio portrait photograph of Donal O'Callaghan and his wife (9 x 14 cm)
7. (?1910 -1930) Studio portrait photograph of Donal O'Callaghan and his wife (14 x 9cm)
8. [1980s?] Two prints of an oval silver platter with the inscription 'Do Dhomhnall o Cumann na Poblachta ar Comhairle Cathrach Corchaighe, 1924', the first sowing almost the complete dish, the second focusing on the inscription (15cmX10cm)
2. (c.13 Dec 1921) Reply to item 1 above; copy of MS. letter from Dómhnall Ó Ceallacháin (Donal O'Callaghan), Gresham Hotel, Dublin, to [Florence O'Donoghue], IRA Officer Commanding, Cork No.1 Brigade area. He will perform his duty (regarding the Treaty proposals) to the best of his ability. He declines 'to be governed by orders or threats - open or implied.' His conscience will be the sole arbiter of his action, when he is in possession of all the facts and circumstances. If in acting in the best interests of the country he is judged guilty of treason he will suffer the consequences, but this will not influence his decision. (2pp)
3. (12 Sep 1936) Copy of letter from Donal O'Callaghan, Athlone, to The Editor 'Cork Examiner', renouncing an inaccurate report in the paper that he was present at the Free State luncheon at the Victoria Hotel, Cork on 8 September. States that 'the civic functions of that date were, to me, merely an outrage on Cork's Republican past. I strongly resent it. Be good enough to contradict it.' (1p)
4. (1920-1923) Copy of full length portrait photograph of Donal O'Callaghan wearing Lord Mayor's chain and robe (20 x 29cm)
5. (19 April 1921) Copy of seated portrait photograph of Donal O'Callaghan '...taken at the office of his lawyer, Michael Francis Doyle, Philadelphia' (20 x 29cm)
6. (?1910-1930) Studio portrait photograph of Donal O'Callaghan and his wife (9 x 14 cm)
7. (?1910 -1930) Studio portrait photograph of Donal O'Callaghan and his wife (14 x 9cm)
8. [1980s?] Two prints of an oval silver platter with the inscription 'Do Dhomhnall o Cumann na Poblachta ar Comhairle Cathrach Corchaighe, 1924', the first sowing almost the complete dish, the second focusing on the inscription (15cmX10cm)
Extent8 items
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordO'Callaghan, Donal (Lord Mayor 1920-1923)
SubjectIrish Republicanism, Lord Mayors of Cork, Civil War, Ireland (1922-1923), War of Independence (Ireland), Personal and family papers
AccessOpen by appointment to those holding a current readers ticket.
Levelfonds
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