Letter from Major J. Crean to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 4 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 James Crean

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Letter from Major James Crean to Lord Wimborne (1873-1939) regarding the arrest of members of the National Volunteers by the military authorities. Crean stresses that the Military Authorities should be made aware of the distinction between the National and Irish Volunteer groups. Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne was appointed the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1915. Guest worked closely alongside Sir Matthew Nathan (1862-1939) in the administration of Ireland. Following the suppression of the Rising, Guest, under pressure, was forced to resign as Lord Lieutenant. A later inquiry into the Rising exonerated Guest and held Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) chiefly responsible for the events that occurred. Guest would continue to serve as Lord Lieutenant until 1918.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSORP/1916/7472/4 https://letters1916.ie/item/497 English James Crean Ivor Churchill Guest Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Inspector General's Office, 44 PARNELL SQUARE, DUBLIN. Date, 4th. May, 1916. His Excellency, The Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle. May it please your Excellency, Several cases have been reported to me of Officers and other members of the National Volunteers who have been arrested by the Military authorities and who are still detained. In drawing your Excellency's attention to this matter I fully recognise the serious difficulties the Military Authorities have , and the impossibility of avoiding the arrest of perfectly innocent persons, In the course of my inquiries regarding several persons who are under arrest I discovered that amongst some senior officers of the Military the opinion prevailed that the Sinn Feiners and the National Volunteers were branches of the same body. As there is not the remotest ground for such belief I hope your Excellency will agree that it would be advisable that the Military Authorities should know that such is not the case and that there is no connection whatever between the National Volunteers (under the leadership of Mr John Redmond M.P. ) and the Sinn Fein Volunteers. I would ask Your Excellency to make representation to such author- ity as you may think proper regarding the matter referred to. I might further add that in the case of arrests of suspects and where the person states that he is a member of the National Volunteers I shall be glad to place at the disposal of authorities responsible officers who will be in a position to verify or otherwise the statements made by suspected persons and furnish information which the Military authorities may require regarding same. I have the honour to be, Your Excellency's obedient servant J. Crean Major Acting Inspector General. James Crean Letter to Major J. Crean, 5 May 1916Letter from Major J. Crean to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 4 May 1916 Ivor Churchill Guest Letter from James Patrick Farrell to Lord Wimborne, 27 March 1916Letter from W. H. M. Cobbe to Lord Wimborne, 29 April 1916Letter from 'a loyal subject' to Lord Wimborne, 30 April 1916Letter from William Sheehan to Lord Wimborne, 26 May 1916Letter from David G. Curtin to Lord Wimborne, 25 March 1916Letter from John R. Johnson to Lord Wimborne, 18 November, 1915Letter from 'A Loyal Subject' to Lord Wimborne, undated, circa 22 November, 1915Letter from Patrick H. O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 20 June 1916Letter from the Town Clerk, Blackrock, County Dublin, to Lord Wimborne, 20 April 1916Letter from Major J. Crean to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 4 May 1916Letter from M. Bonham Carter to Lord Wimborne, 19 February 1916Letter from Edward Marsh to Lord Wimborne, 13 May 1916Letter from Patrick O'Brien to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 21 June 1916Letter from Reginald Le Normand Brabazon, the Earl of Meath, to Lord Wimborne, 7 February 1916Letter from the Earl of Shaftsbury to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 31 December 1915Letter from John Butler to Lord Wimborne, 15 November 1915Letter from Nicholas Nally to the Lord Lieutenant, 17 May 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916.Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 3 May 1916Letter from William M. Nolan to Lord Wimborne, 13 March 1916Letter from Thomas G. Buchanan to Lord Wimborne, 19 May 1916Letter from Jones McKenna to Lord Wimborne, 21 August 1916Letter from Hanoria Shanahan to the Lord Lieutenant, Lord Wimborne, 29 March 1916Letter from Peter Molloy to Lord Wimborne, 29 January 1916Letter from Lord Wimborne to Sir John Maxwell, 29 April 1916