Letter from George A. Lyons to the Honorary Secretary of Sinn Féin, 5 April 1916 Letters 1916-1923 George A. Lyons

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A letter from George A. Lyons, Honorary Secretary, B. Company, Third Battallion, Irish Volunteers, to the Honorary Secretary of Sinn Féin inquiring about the cost of hiring a room on 29 April for a 'smoker' or a recruitment event. George A. Lyons (d. 1950) fought in the Boland's Mill Garrison during Easter Week. He was imprisoned in Frongoch, Wandsworth and Lincoln. Prior to the rising Lyons had been a founding member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and was an active participant in the War of Independence.

 Military Archives of Ireland Allen Library, Br. Allen Collection, IE/AL/1916/7 https://letters1916.ie/item/537 English George A. Lyons 1916-04-05 144 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin, Ireland Honorary Secretary, Sinn Féin Ireland Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 B. Coy--- Third Battalion I.V. 144 Gt. Brunswick St. 5 4/16 A Chara, The above propose holding a 'smoker ' on Sat. 29th inst. and would like to know for what figure they could have the use of your room if then vacant Yours Fraternally, Geo. A. Lyons Hon. Sec. The Hon. Sec.Sinn Fein. 144 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from George A. Lyons to the Honorary Secretary of Sinn Féin, 5 April 1916 Ireland Letter from George A. Lyons to the Honorary Secretary of Sinn Féin, 5 April 1916Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to Tom Clake, 5 April 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 12 May 1916Letter from Eoin McNeill to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 18 April 1916Letter from R. Barry O'Brien to Bishop Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, 12 February 1916Letter from Mairín Ní Ribhógh to James Ryan, 2 August 1916Letter from ‘One of the Hard Pressed’ to Mr. Samuel, 28 July 1916Letter from Emma Duffin to her aunts, 9 January 1916, Letter from Arthur to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 14 January 1916Letter from Fr. C. F. Maher to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 16 April 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to Bishop E. T. O'Dwyer, 23 October 1916Letter from Michael O'Riordan to the Right Rev. Monsignor Denis Hallinan, 23 October 1916Letter from Peter Mooney to his sister Katie Mooney, 4 February 1916.Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 25 January 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 25 February 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 31 December 1915Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Mai, 22 January 1916Letter from Father Willie Doyle S.J. to Mai, 11 February 1916Letter from MW O'Reilly to 'A Cara', 1 June 1916Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 1 March 1916Letter from Francis M. Shaw to Fr Provincial Thomas V. Nolan, 10 March 1916Letter from Nora Ring to Susan Daly, March 1923Letter from Douglas Campbell (later Major General Sir Douglas Campbell) to his sister Catherine Agnes Meta Campbell (later Wetherall), 28 October 1917Letter from William Upton Tyrrell to Victoria Mary Tyrrell, 19 November 1919Letter from Mary McDonagh to her daughter-in-law Annie McDonagh, early 1920 George A. Lyons Letter from George A. Lyons to the Honorary Secretary of Sinn Féin, 5 April 1916