Letter from North Circular Laundry to Charles Arthur Munro, 16 December 1915. Letters 1916-1923

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Letter from North Circular Laundry to Charles Arthur Munro (1869 - 1952) concerning a collapsed wall. This letter is part of a series of correspondence regarding the collapse of a shared wall between the neighbouring laundry and prison. According to this letter the collapse of the wall was the result of the prison's planting ivy against the wall which proved to heavy for the structure. The manager requests that the Prison Board considers the role of the prison's ivy in the wall's collapse as the author believes the laundry is entitled to compensation as a result.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/677/2 https://letters1916.ie/item/788 English 1915-12-16T00:00:00 North Circular Road, Dublin, Ireland Charles Arthur Munro Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Ireland Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration

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 N. C. LAUNDRY Ltd. NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD (TOP OF BERKLEY STREET), DUBLIN, 16th Dec 1915. C. Munro Esq. Governor, H. M. Prison MOUNTJOY. DUBLIN. Dear Sir We duly received yours 10th inst and have since had the wall in question thoroughly examined again and the further report of examination confirms what we had already stated, that undoubtedly the heavy vibration of the ivy, weighted as it was with so much water, brought down the wall, and we must call on you to have your ivy removed from our wall which still remains standing, not as a matter of courtesy (as you put it) but as we are entitled to call on you to have done. Of course we did not suggest for a moment that the wall in question was a party wall and our claim to have you contribute towards the cost of the damage done was by reason of your having injured the fabric of our wall by allowing the ivy to grow on same, and the act of its having been there having materially assisted in the wall being blown down. We think we have a just and legal claim to such a contribution as we ask you to make, and would be obliged if you would again bring this matter before the General Prisons Board, with a view to their contributing something towards our loss. We have no wish to have any unpleasantness in the matter, and think the Board should meet us in a reasonable and equitable way. Yours faithfully N. C. LAUNDRY LTD. NC North Circular Road, Dublin, Ireland Letter from M. Kelly to the North Circular Laundry Ltd., 13 January 1916Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to the North Circular Laundry Ltd., 10 December 1915Letter from North Circular Laundry to Charles Arthur Munro, 16 December 1915.Letter from North Circular Laundry to Charles Arthur Munro, 18 November 1915Letter from North Circular Laundry Co. to Charles Munro, 2 June 1916Letter from Charles Munro to North Circular Laundry Co., 31 May 1916 Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Ireland Letter from James O'Connor to Patrick Dyer, 27 November 1915Letter from Desmond FitzGerald to Mabel FitzGerald, 8 November 1915Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to North Circular Laundry, 17 November 1915.Letter from North Circular Laundry to Charles Arthur Munro, 16 December 1915.Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn to Miss Carney, 6 June 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to the Governor, Mountjoy Prison, 2 June 1916.Letter from the Charles Arthur Munro, the Governor of Mountjoy Prison, to Mabel FitzGerald, 5 June 1916.Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 24 November 1915Letter from North Circular Laundry to Charles Arthur Munro, 18 November 1915Letter from Eamonn O’Modhráin to Mary Moran, 6 December 1920 Charles Arthur Munro Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to the North Circular Laundry Ltd., 10 December 1915Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to North Circular Laundry, 17 November 1915.Letter from North Circular Laundry to Charles Arthur Munro, 16 December 1915.Letter from Robert Gourlay to Charles Arthur Munro, 22 November 1915Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 22 February 1916Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 21 March 1916Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 24 March 1916Letter from the Charles Arthur Munro, the Governor of Mountjoy Prison, to Mabel FitzGerald, 5 June 1916.Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 24 November 1915Letter from North Circular Laundry to Charles Arthur Munro, 18 November 1915Letter from North Circular Laundry Co. to Charles Munro, 2 June 1916Letter from Charles Munro to North Circular Laundry Co., 31 May 1916