Letter from Gerald Horan to James O'Shea, 18 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Gerald Horan

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This is a letter from Gerald Horan (b.1880) a barrister, to James O'Shea (b.1866) a member of the Killarney District Council and Kerry County Council. The letter regards a denial on the part of James O'Shea which stated he did not play a prominent role in the disturbance of a Recruitment Committee Meeting. The letter states that O'Shea's involvement in such an action cannot be over looked by the Lord Chancellor, Stanley Buckmaster (1861-1934). It then states that O'Shea's position as magistrate is superseded due to his actions. There are three attachments. The first is a printed account of O'Shea's denial. The second is an extract from parliamentary questions regarding the evidence against O'Shea. The third is a newspaper clipping regarding Poor Law Relief.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/7020/3C/2 https://letters1916.ie/item/63 English Gerald Horan 1916-02-18 Four Courts, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland James O'Shea Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland Male Law and Judiciary

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 Crown and hanaper Office, Four Courts, Dublin, 18th February 1916 Sir, I have placed your letter of the 16th inst. before The Lord Chancellor who directs me to state that he notes that your denial is merely that you did not take a prominent position in the pro- cession which interdered with the Recruiting Meeting at Killarney on the 6th inst. The Lord Chancellor cannot overlook your conduct as magis- trate in being present with these persons on the occasion, & accordingly desires me to apprise you that he has deemed it his duty to supersede you from further acting as a magistrate, & I am to enclose you herewith the usual Writ in that behalf. The Lord Chancellor further directs me to say that the que- stion of the prosecution mentioned in your letter is not one at all in which he can enter, as he is only concerned with your action as a Justice of the Peace. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, GERALD HORAN James O'Shea, Esq. Chairman, Killarney Rural District Council Summary of Mr. O'Shea's reply dated 16th February 1916 which has been mislaid. Denied that he had occupied a prominent position in the procession and stated that if he had interfered in any way with the Recruiting Meeting he could be prosecuted for it. Parliamentary Question. Dated, 3rd March, 1916. From Power to Under Secretary. Star Notice for Wednesday 8th March, No.8. Mr Ginnell to ask Mr Attorney General for Ireland, if he will specify the alleged illegality or breach of duty as a Magistrate for which the Lord Chancellor of Ireland has deprived of his statutory commission of the peace Mr James O'Shea, Member of the Kerry County Council, Chairman of the Killarney Rural District Council & in virtue of this position a Magistrate for the County of Kerry. What evidence was given. By whom? What opportunity was given to Mr O'Shea for cross-examining the informer & under what statute did the Lord Chancellor purports to override the pro- vision on this subject in the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Poor Law Relief Act, 1914. 103. Mr COOTE asked the Chief Secre- tary for Ireland, in view of the increased taxation which must inevitably arise under the coming War Budget, if he will assist public bodies in Ireland to get rid of their unnecessary expenditure in some of the forms of poor relief by amending the Poor Relief Act, 1914, passed as a war measure, wither by omitting in Section 1, line 8, the words, In connection with the present War, or by adding after after the word war the words, In order to secure greater economy in Poor Law administration? Mr. BIRRELL: The Bill for the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1914, when introduced contained a provision which would have had the effect that the hon. Member de- sires, but owing to the opposition to legis- lation not confined to war purposes I was obliged to accept an Amendment omitting this proivision. If the hon. Member puts down an Amendment for the reinstate- ment of this provision n Committee on the Local Government (Emergency Provisions) Bill now before the House, I should be disposed to accept it with the assent of the Committee. Gerald Horan Letter from Gerald Horan to James O'Shea, 11 February 1916Letter from Gerald Horan to James O'Shea, 18 February 1916Letter from Gerald Horan to the Assistant Under Secretary of Ireland, 10 July 1916Letter from Gerald Horan to the Assistant Under-Secretary for Ireland, 7 January 1916Letter from Gerald Heran to Jeremiah Lane, 13 March 1916.Letter from Gerald Horan to Jeremiah Lane, 16 March 1916.Letter from Jeremiah Lane to Gerald Horan, 14 March 1916. James O'Shea Letter from Gerald Horan to James O'Shea, 11 February 1916Letter from Gerald Horan to James O'Shea, 18 February 1916Letter from James O'Shea to Alice Stopford Green, 30 July 1916 Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland Letter from Gerald Horan to James O'Shea, 18 February 1916Letter from Maurice McCartie to the Under Secretary, 25 March 1916Letter from the Clerk of Union, Killarney Poor Law Board of Guardians to John Connor, 17 November 1915Letter from Patrick Carey to Gertrude Smith and John Healy, 30 November 1915Letter from Patrick Carey to Reverend William Behan, 3 December 1915Letter from Patrick Carey to Jeremiah Mahony, 20 December 1915Letter from Patrick Carey to John Quinnell, 22 December 1915 Four Courts, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Letter from Gerald Horan to James O'Shea, 18 February 1916