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NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION TRALEE 13th. March, 1916. F. H. O'Donnell, Esq.,
Hon. Sec.
Irish National Volunteers,
TRALEE Dear Sir, I have been asked to invite your Corps to take part in
Demonstration proposed to be held in honour of Ireland's Patron
Saint on the 17th. inst. The Irish Volunteers and the Irish
Workers' Union, the Trades Council and Tralee Urban Council
have already signified their desire to co-operate, and invitations
are being issued to other local public bodies and societies.
The Demonstration will take the form of a Procession to start
from the '98 Memorial at 1 o'clock and I trust your Corps will
see their way to take part. Yours faithfully, A. Stack
Austin Stack, (1879-1929), commandant of the Kerry Bragade of the Irish Volunteers
in 1916.
F.H.(Frank) O'Donnell , Honorary Secretary of the Kerry County Board of the National
Volunteers, 1916.
This letter is an invitation to the Tralee Irish National Volunteers to participate
in a parade, along with other organisations and societies, on St. Patrick's Day, March
17th, 1916.