1 law of Ireland
& who made by &
none other recognized
The
Hibernian Law May 9th 1916

CHIEF SECRETARY'S
7861 - 10 MAY 1916
OFFICE

Sir as you now have taken charge of Ireland after
the lamentable occurrence of murder which the Shin Fein has being
guilty of (well) respectable wise men knew it would come to
that with virtually no Government in Ireland I am an Nationalist
& Roman Catholic now a conservative how many more like me now
in Ireland hundreds of thousands has got enough of home rule
(there is another body of men or a so called society known as
the Hibernians just as bad as the Shin Fainers & more of the old
school of Fenians among them in fact they started under Joe Devlin
in Belfast as Fenian organization or what was left of the old
Fenian organization but they wanted to give themselves a decent
name & they changed it to be called Hibernianismsand there is not
an old Fenian in Ireland is not in that organization who works
on the Fenian lines &principals behind the curtain it is helping
the Government now by the way because it knows it was the
Government in Ireland for the past 10 years as there was no real
Government except in name &what astonished every decent man
was under the assurance act they got a society to help
them in their game How does the Hibernians
govern they have a Hall in every Town &village in Ireland
&they makes the laws for their district there
2 the a man first has to be sworn in by a
oath then pay his subscription he must not have previously
being in any government employment for fear of being tricked
an letting the cat out of the bag as the term it. Then the new
member is told all he will have to do and how he will be
paid if he is in business all members of the society will have
to deal with him &any member of the society dealing or leaving
money with an un member is to be boycotted quietly but
firmly all public situations is to go to Hibernian members
county and district Councillors to be notified to the results
of what will follow if they vote against the Hibernian candidates
and I may tell you God help the county or district
Councillor would do so at present in most districts
in Ireland. Again when large meetings attends towns
notices are to be put in windows that they will know
the houses to call in and all members will have a pass
word that they will know each other. Limerick was their
password three years ago. To pullalong with the government
to see will Redmond succeed to get the Irish parliament
then they the Hibernians will take charge of it in the same
manner as we have charge of most district & county
councils now. If Redmond does not get the Irish Parliament
or the imperial government interferes with us we will
have a strong army to fight our corner. This is the
Hibernian programme. I know a certain district council
in Ireland within those two bought a plot of town
parks from a landlord at £300 for cottages but one time
an Hibernian officer had the use of the ground & always
grazed it for 10 years without rent or taxes so now this
Hibernian officer that grazed the land sent for the district
council &they went down on their knees to him to not have
a them boycotted so the ratepayers lost the £300
3 The Chief Secretary
Dublin Castle
Ireland