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Crown and Hanaper Office Four Courts, Dublin 12th February 1916 Sir, The attention
of The Lord Chancellor has been called to the
fact that on the 6th inst. at Killarney, while a meeting was being
held by the Co. Kerry Recruiting Committee, a number of persons
accompanied by pipes and drums forced their way through the meeting
and interfered with its progress ; and further that you were associated
with and occupired a prominent position in connection with the
procession. Such conduct would be quite incompatible with your position
as a Justice of the Peace, and The Lord Chancellor requires an explanation
of this matter on or before Thursday the 17th inst. I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
GERALD HORAN James O'Shea, Esq. J.P. Chairman Killarney Rural District Council
This is a letter from Gerald Horan (1880 - 1949), a barrister, to James O'Shea (b.
1866) a member of the Killarney District Council and Kerry County Council. The letter
states that on 6 February a recruitment committee meeting was disturbed by men forcing
their way in, playing drums and pipes. According to Horan it is believed that O'Shea
played a prominent role in the activities. As this conduct would be incompatible with
O'Shea's role as Justice of the Peace the Lord Chancellor, Stanley Buckmaster (1861-1934),
requests an explanation.