Diarmaid Fawsitt's Daily Diary
TitleDiarmaid Fawsitt's Daily Diary
ReferencePR81/1/7/21
Date
1 January 1940 - 31 December 1940
Production date 1940 - 1940
Scope and ContentPage a day diary, includes:
29 February 1940, '4pm presented in person to Sean MacEntee T.D. Min. for Ind. & Com. Report with recommendations on Public Inquiry into [...] shop hours of trading'
27 March 1940, 'The O'Rahilly B.L. called - gave me to read draft of a letter to be sent to press on the subject of hunger strikes by prisoners sentenced for political offences and asked if I would sign same'
8 April 1940, 'England & France land mines in Norwegian territorial waters... At Phoenix Park - signed agrmt re. grazing cattle for season'
19 April 1940, 'Hunger Strike Called off - on 55th day... 2nd hunger striker dies, John Mc [Sean McNeela] a few hours after strike declared off. RIP'
10 July 1940, 'MacCurtain (Tomas Og MacCurtain) reprieve announced. Conor Lehane asked me to accept a brief on exp. application for Habeas Corpus of Tomas McCurtain... agreed'
29 February 1940, '4pm presented in person to Sean MacEntee T.D. Min. for Ind. & Com. Report with recommendations on Public Inquiry into [...] shop hours of trading'
27 March 1940, 'The O'Rahilly B.L. called - gave me to read draft of a letter to be sent to press on the subject of hunger strikes by prisoners sentenced for political offences and asked if I would sign same'
8 April 1940, 'England & France land mines in Norwegian territorial waters... At Phoenix Park - signed agrmt re. grazing cattle for season'
19 April 1940, 'Hunger Strike Called off - on 55th day... 2nd hunger striker dies, John Mc [Sean McNeela] a few hours after strike declared off. RIP'
10 July 1940, 'MacCurtain (Tomas Og MacCurtain) reprieve announced. Conor Lehane asked me to accept a brief on exp. application for Habeas Corpus of Tomas McCurtain... agreed'
Extentc.400 pages (1 vol)
SubjectHunger Strikes
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