Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916 Letters 1916-1923 William Field

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This is a letter from William Field (1843–1935) an Irish politician and Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the St. Patrick’s division, to Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), the chief secretary for Ireland. The letter is written after the death of the former chief crown solicitor Sir Malachy Kelly (1850-1916). The letter concerns the application to the position of chief crown solicitor by Charles P. O' Neill (b. 1867), an Irish solicitor and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party. In the letter Field discusses O'Neill's position as as chairman of the Pembroke district of Dublin and asks that his application be given favorable consideration.

 National Archives of Ireland Chief Secretary's Office Registered Papers; CSO RP/1916/5729-6 https://letters1916.ie/item/1752 English William Field 1916-03-19 16 Booterstown, Dublin, Ireland Augustine Birrell Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland Male 1935 Politics Politics

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 16 Booterstown Av Dublin 29 March 1916 Private My dear Mr Birrell I understand that Mr C P O Neille is a candidate for the late Mr Malachi O Kellys position. Mr O Neille has been a great friend of many, having succeeded in ousting the Tories from Pembroke Therefore as he is fully qualified I hope you will give his claim favourable consideration & oblige with thanks for past courtesy & best wishes, hoping you are keeping well notwithstanding the terrible weather & blizzard of criticism. Personal Wm Field William Field Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 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 16 Booterstown, Dublin, Ireland Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916 Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Sir Matthew Nathan to Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain, 1 May 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to the Major-General in Charge of Administration, 27 May 1916Letter to the Chief Secretary's Office, 2 June 1916Letter from C.W.F. to Mr. Farrant, 29 May 1916Letter from William Field to Augustine Birrell, 29 March 1916Letter from Alfred Bryne to Augustine Birrell, 30 March 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Jeanie Horner, 6 April 1916Letter from Thomas Maguire to Henry Arthur Wynne, 19 May 1916Letter from Sir Edward O'Farrell to Margaret O'Brien, 8 June 1916Letter from A. Stanford to Augustine Birrell, 1 May 1916Letter from J.J. Taylor to H.J Towle, 20 June 1916Letter from the Crown Solicitor, Cavan, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 1 March 1916