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Telephone:-
3601. — (Branch 21). Electricity Supply Committee, Dublin Corporation, Offices
and Showrooms -- Cork Hill, Dublin, Coisde Soláthair na H-Aibhléise BÃRDAS
BHAILE ATHA CLIATH, CNOC CORCAIGHE, ATH CLIATH.
Fred. J. Allan,
Secretary and
Commercial Manager. 2 August 1916 Dear Mr Walker, Thanks for proof of
music 'Easter Week'. I enclose
wording for pages 3 & 4 of cover. It will be necessary to get
'Price 6d' in somewhere on front
page. Can you manage it? I should also like to have
the edition printed off before Saturday
week. We are having a garden
fete that day and will have it
sung — and on sale. I also
want a couple of copies — proofs
would do — by Friday. for which—
ever artiste is going to sing it
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I thought Stanley would have
been back by now, but I'm sure
he'll be home immediately Yours Sincerely Fred J. Allan
The letter is from Fred Allan (1861-1937), a member of the Irish National Aid Association.
The letter refers to the printing of a pamphlet of songs about the Rising. The pamphlets
would be sold to raise funds and a garden fete and performance of the songs is also
mentioned. The Stanley mentioned is Joseph Michael Stanley, a printer.The association
was founded after the Rising to provide relief to the dependents of those who were
executed, killed in the fighting or had lost their employment. It later merged with
the Irish Volunteer Dependents' Fund to form the Irish National Aid and Volunteer
Dependents' Fund. Frederick James Allen was an Irish Nationalist and republican. During
the Parnell era, Allan was one of the most influential and powerful men in the IRB.
He later resigned from the organisation in 1912. Allan opposed the 1916 Rising, viewing
it as a futile gesture, yet he would go on to be heavily involved in the politics
of the Irish War of Independence.