This letter from Andrew Philip Magill (1871-1941) was sent to Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle (1858–1929). Magill was a civil servant and held the position of private secretary for successive chief secretaries of Ireland until his transfer to the Northern Irish Civil Service in 1921. Windle was a scholar and university president in Cork. He came up against Sinn Féin resistance on numerous occasions as he was accused of trying to consolidate pro-British, pro-unionist control of University College Cork. Alfred O'Rahilly (1884–1969) was one of the men involved in mobilizing anti-Windle opinion for personal and political reasons. The letter was an acknowledgement of Windle's recommendation on the behalf of Sir John Robert O'Connell (1868-1943) to the position of chief crown solicitor.