Letter from Thomas O'Donnell to Augustine Birrell, 9 April 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Thomas O'Donnell

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This is a letter from Thomas O' Donnell (1871-1943), an Irish member of parliament, to Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), the Chief Secretary for Ireland. Thomas O'Donnell was an Irish Nationalist MP who held his seat for West Kerry from 1900- 1918. Augustine Birrell was the Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 until 1916 when he resigned after his failure to prevent and manage the Easter Rising. The letter is a request for an interview with Birrell over the Easter week.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers, CSO RP/1916/6893/9/3 https://letters1916.ie/item/1666 English Thomas O'Donnell 1916-04-09 Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland Augustine Birrell Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Male Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration

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 J.Q. Have the Justice any knowledge of this case. Early report please M.N. 9/4 6-4-16 Dear Mr. Birell, The Killorglin Town Tenants are most anxious to have an interview with you during the Easter recess if you are then in Dublin. I trust you will find it convenient to arrange as the matter is urgent & most important. V. Sincy Yours Thos O'Donnell Thomas O'Donnell Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Thomas O'Donnell, 17 April 1916Letter from Thomas O'Donnell to Augustine Birrell, 9 April 1916 Augustine Birrell Letter from Brother Vincent O'Kelly to the Chief Secretary, 3 April 1916Letter from Patrick Joseph Brady to Augustine Birrell, 27 Mar 1916Letter from Thomas Gerrard to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916Letter from James P. Farrell et al. to Augustine Birrell, 7 April 1916A letter from Francis E. Meehan to Augustine Birrell, 3 April 1916Letter from James Patrick Farrell to Augustine Birrell, 27 March 1916Letter from Edmund Loftus Wickham to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916Letter from Margaret May Loughren to Augustine Birrell, 26 March 1916Letter from Hugh O'Brien Moran to Augustine Birrell, 4 May 1916Letter from Lord Hugh Gough to Augustine Birrell, 28 April 1916Letter from Joseph Dowdall to Augustine Birrell, 18 April 1916Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 14 April 1916Letter from J. G. Swift MacNeill to Augustine Birrell, 17 April 1916Letter from William Johnson to the chief secretary, 14 April 1916Letter from Miss Helen Augusta Crofton to Augustine Birrell, 3 May 1916Letter from A. J. Loughborough Ball to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916Letter from Mr MJ Murphy to Mr Augustine Birrell, chief secretary for Ireland, 10 November 1916Letter from James Neazor to Augustine Birrell, 6 January 1916Letter from William O'Brien to Augustine Birrell, 26 February 1916Letter from Scott Alexander to Augustine Birrell, 3 March 1916Letter from John Clear to Augustine Birrell, 23 February 1916Letter from Thomas O'Donnell to Augustine Birrell, 9 April 1916Letter from P. Burrowes Shiel to Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 27 March 1916.Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916Letter from Alfred Bryne to Augustine Birrell, 30 March 1916Letter from Edward W. Mooney to Augustine Birrell, 4 April 1916Letter from Augustine Birrell to Edward W. Mooney, 5 April 1916Letter from Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde to Augustine Birrell, 7 April 1916Letter from William Howell Davies to Augustine Birrell, 10 April 1916Letter from Jonathan Pim to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916Letter from Sir Bertram Windle to Augustine Birrell, 30 March 1916.Letter from Cecil Harmsworth to Augustine Birrell, 31 March 1916Letter from Jeannie Horner to Augustine Birrell, 4 April 1916Letter from William Seddall to Augustine Birrell, 14 April 1916Letter from Thomas Francis Smyth to Augustine Birrell, 27 March 1916Letter from A. Ross to Augustine Birrell, 30 April 1916Letter from Richard Creighton to Augustine Birrell, 25 April 1916Letter from Joseph Michael Stanley, 29 March 1916Letter from W. A. Tait to the Chief Secretary for Ireland, 13 April 1916Letter from A. Stanford to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916Letter from Edmund Blayney Clarke to Augustine Birrell, 29 May 1916Letter from Edmund Blayney Clarke to Augustine Birrell, 23 May 1916Letter from William O'Brien to Augustine Birrell, 26 February 1916Letter from Henry T. Gallagher to Augustine Birrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, 29 March 1916 Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland Letter from Thomas O'Donnell to Augustine Birrell, 9 April 1916 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Letter from James Brennan to his wife Vera, 4 May 1916Letter from Thomas O'Donnell to Augustine Birrell, 9 April 1916