Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 2 August 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Fred J. Allan

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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.

 Military Archives of Ireland Bureau of Military History Contemporary Documents, Joseph Michael Stanley Collection, BMH CD/4/3/6 https://letters1916.ie/item/1252 English Fred J. Allan 1916-08-02 Electricity Supply Committee Offices, Cork Hill, Dublin Mr Walker Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Telephone:- 3601. — (Branch 21). Electricity Supply Committee, Dublin Corporation, Offices and Showrooms -- Cork Hill, Dublin, Coisde Soláthair na H-Aibhléise BÁRDAS 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 I thought Stanley would have been back by now, but I'm sure he'll be home immediately Yours Sincerely Fred J. Allan Fred J. Allan Letter from William P. Triston to Fred J. Allan, 18 September 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 2 August 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 28 June 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 26 July 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 7 September 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 27 October 1916 Electricity Supply Committee Offices, Cork Hill, Dublin Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 2 August 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 28 June 1916Letter from Fred J. Allan to Mr Walker, 26 July 1916