Letter from Eugene Callanan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 5 June 1916

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Letter from Eugene Callanan to Sir Robert Chalmers, 5 June 1916

1 Cork County Council
SECRETARY'S OFFICE
COURT HOUSE
CORK, June 5th, 1916 Dear Sir: I beg to transmit for the consideration of His
Excellency, the Lord Lieutenant, the following motion
adopted by the Cork County Council at last meeting: "That we request the Lord Lieutenant in
"Council to make an Order enabling Members of
"the County Council to act on the Committee of
"Management of Tramways and Light Railways in
"the County, on their understanding to accept neither
"fee nor remuneration for so acting." I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant, E Callanan
Secretary. The Under Secretary,
The Castle,
Dublin. Inform that the County Council
should formally submit a Memorial
L. Th. M. stating the reasons for
their application & the names of
the Railways in respect of which
the application is made
E. Aof. 8-11-16.

This letter was written by Eugene Callanan (1862-1931), secretary for Cork County Council. The letter was addressed to the Under-Secretary for Ireland, Sir Robert Chalmers (1858-1938). Chalmers was sent to Ireland as under-secretary, replacing Sir Matthew Nathan who had resigned along with Augustine Birrell , his chief secretary following the Easter Rising in 1916. This letter concerns a motion adopted by the Cork County Council the previous week. The motion requests that the members of the council be permitted to act on the Committees of Management of Tramways and Light Railways in the county of Cork on the understanding that they will not expect payment for doing so.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__2181.html)