Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to Tom Clake, 5 April 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Seán Mac Diarmada

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A letter from Seán Mac Diarmada (1883-1916) to Thomas James (‘Tom’) Clarke (1858–1916), requesting any copies of last week's (April) “Nationality”, with the credit and receipt to be processed by Mr. Connolly. A handwritten note in pencil reads ‘Gave 18 copies (returned)’.Br. Allen has annotated in pencil on the back of the letter that the handwriting is that of Diarmuid Lynch (1878–1950), who was standing in for Seán Mac Diarmada on the staff of 'Nationality' some weeks before the Easter Rising took place.Seán Mac Diarmada was one of the key organisers of the Easter Rising. He signed the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and was executed on 12 May 1916 for his involvement in the Easter Rising. Tom Clarke helped found the Irish Volunteers in November 1913 and was one of the main figures behind the coup of 24 September 1914 against John Redmond. He was a key planner and instigator of the 1916 Easter Rising, served in the GPO garrison during the Easter Rising and was executed on 3 May 1916. Diarmuid Lynch served in the GPO garrison during the Easter Rising and was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to ten years penal servitude because of his American citizenship. Released on amnesty in June 1917, he was appointed Sinn Féin food controller, but was arrested in 1918 and deported to the USA, where he became National Secretary of the Friends of Irish Freedom (FOIF).

 Military Archives of Ireland Allen Library, Br. Allen Collection, IE/AL/1916/8 https://letters1916.ie/item/538 English Seán Mac Diarmada 1916-04-05 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin, Ireland Thomas James Clarke Ireland Male 1916 Industry and Public Administration Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Offices: 12 D'OLIER STREET, Dublin. Apr. 5 1916 Mr Tom Clarke In Account with 'NATIONALITY' ÁR DTÍR FÉ A NATIONAL WEEKLY JOURNAL A Cara Please give bearer any of last week's ( A.M.J. )'Nationality' you have left over. You can hand receipt for same to Mr Connollyto whom we will credit as 'returns.' Mise le meas mór Seán mac Diarmada This note is in the handwriting of Diarmuid Lynch who was taking Sean M cDermott's place on the staff of the Nationality for some weeks before the Rising ( From information given me by Diarmuid Lynch ) M.P. Allen 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to Tom Clake, 5 April 1916Letter from Florence Haughton to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 9 November 1915Letter from Stanley Unwin to Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915 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 Seán Mac Diarmada Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to Tom Clake, 5 April 1916Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to John Daly, 11 May 1916Letter from Sean MacDiarmada to John Daly, 8 May 1916Letter and Christmas card from Seán Mac Diarmada to Máirín Cregan, 23 December 1915