Diarmaid Fawsitt's Pocket Diary
TitleDiarmaid Fawsitt's Pocket Diary
ReferencePR81/1/7/2
Date
1 January 1921 - 4 January 1922 (21 January 1922)
Production date 1921 - 1922
Scope and ContentDiary includes:
1 January 1921, 'Mrs Muriel McSwiney (Muriel MacSwiney) & K. O'Connell (Kathleen O'Connell) sailed for Ireland'
4 January 1921, 'Lord Mayor O'Callaghan (Donal O'Callaghan) Cork arrived as stowaway at Newport News'
11-12 January 1921, 'Washington, with Lord Mayor preparing testimony', 'Lord Mayor testifies before Commission on Conditions in Ireland'
15 February 1921, 'Washington, ways & means com. hearing re. tariff on salt fish'
8 March 1921, trip to Lakewood New Jersey 'at the de Veleras' (family of Eamon de Valera).
31 March 1921, Baltimore 'mass funeral of H.E. Cardinal Gibbons (James Gibbons)'
3 May 1921, '11pm with mayor O'Neill (Lord Mayor of Dublin, Laurence O'Neill ) at Waldorf'
4 May 1921, 'James O'Mara resigned'
26 May 1921, 'Relief Committee $100 Dinner at Hotel Astor'
31 August 1921, 'arrived Dublin... at Mansion House, met Lord Mayor, met Griffith (Arthur Griffith), Cosgrave, Duffy...'
9 September 1921, 'Dublin. Land Bank with Smith Gordon. At Mansion House with Lord Mayor'
14 September 1921, 'Dublin. Breakfasted with Bishop McRory (Joseph MacRory, R.C. Bishop of Down and Connor). Dail meeting 11am. With E.B. (Ernest Blythe) asked to act as sec to Trade Advisory Com. - declined'.
3 October 1921, 'Dublin. 3pm, Mansion House with R. Barton T.D. (Robert Barton). Appointed Tech. Sec. to do (ditto)'.
19 November 1921, '3 pm meeting of Economic Relations Committee. 8pm Tadg Barry's remains (Tadhg Barry) arrived in Dublin'
4 December 1921, 'London. Delegates returned - conference resumes & broken down'
6 December 1921, '2.20am. Treaty signed between Ireland, Gr. Britain (Anglo-Irish Treaty)'
7 December 1921, '8.40pm train Euston, delegates & self left for Ireland'
13 December 1921, '6.45am to Belfast. Negotiations'.
Note, appointments for 1 to 4 January 1922 and 21 January 1922 recorded in rear of 1921 diary.
1 January 1921, 'Mrs Muriel McSwiney (Muriel MacSwiney) & K. O'Connell (Kathleen O'Connell) sailed for Ireland'
4 January 1921, 'Lord Mayor O'Callaghan (Donal O'Callaghan) Cork arrived as stowaway at Newport News'
11-12 January 1921, 'Washington, with Lord Mayor preparing testimony', 'Lord Mayor testifies before Commission on Conditions in Ireland'
15 February 1921, 'Washington, ways & means com. hearing re. tariff on salt fish'
8 March 1921, trip to Lakewood New Jersey 'at the de Veleras' (family of Eamon de Valera).
31 March 1921, Baltimore 'mass funeral of H.E. Cardinal Gibbons (James Gibbons)'
3 May 1921, '11pm with mayor O'Neill (Lord Mayor of Dublin, Laurence O'Neill ) at Waldorf'
4 May 1921, 'James O'Mara resigned'
26 May 1921, 'Relief Committee $100 Dinner at Hotel Astor'
31 August 1921, 'arrived Dublin... at Mansion House, met Lord Mayor, met Griffith (Arthur Griffith), Cosgrave, Duffy...'
9 September 1921, 'Dublin. Land Bank with Smith Gordon. At Mansion House with Lord Mayor'
14 September 1921, 'Dublin. Breakfasted with Bishop McRory (Joseph MacRory, R.C. Bishop of Down and Connor). Dail meeting 11am. With E.B. (Ernest Blythe) asked to act as sec to Trade Advisory Com. - declined'.
3 October 1921, 'Dublin. 3pm, Mansion House with R. Barton T.D. (Robert Barton). Appointed Tech. Sec. to do (ditto)'.
19 November 1921, '3 pm meeting of Economic Relations Committee. 8pm Tadg Barry's remains (Tadhg Barry) arrived in Dublin'
4 December 1921, 'London. Delegates returned - conference resumes & broken down'
6 December 1921, '2.20am. Treaty signed between Ireland, Gr. Britain (Anglo-Irish Treaty)'
7 December 1921, '8.40pm train Euston, delegates & self left for Ireland'
13 December 1921, '6.45am to Belfast. Negotiations'.
Note, appointments for 1 to 4 January 1922 and 21 January 1922 recorded in rear of 1921 diary.
Extent1 volume (c.100 pages)
SubjectAnglo-Irish Treaty
AccessHard copies: Accessible to Readers by appointment. Access restrictions apply to some collections. Digital object/copy: see Download Media and/or Digital Reference
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