Letter from Laurence Ginnell, 9 December 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Laurence Ginnell

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The author of this letter, Laurence Ginnell (1852-1923) was a land agitator, lawyer, and politician, serving as an Irish Parliamentary Party MP from 1906. Politically isolated on account of his position at the extreme wing of Irish agrarian agitation, Ginnell was charged on multiple occasions with incitement to cattle-driving. After the executions of the Easter Rising leaders, Ginnell accused the British government of murder. In 1918 he became the only IPP MP to leave the party for Sinn Féin. In this letter, Ginnell is writing in connection to his work with the Midland Peat Industrial Committee. He writes that the committee has taken on several new members and that the newly enlarged committee will meet on 3 January 1916 at the Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar, to transact "business of the utmost importance". He invites his correspondent to attend.

 Military Archives of Ireland Military Archives of Ireland, Br Allen Collection, Green Autograph Book 1; IE/AL/GAB1/100 https://letters1916.ie/item/3003 English Laurence Ginnell 1915-12-09 House of Commons, Westminster, London, England Male 1923 Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration

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 9th December, 1915 Dear Sir, Midland Peat Industries Committee. This Committee at it's meeting on the 15th November co-opted the following gentlemen, subject to their consenting to act, which each of them has since done :- Messrs H.M. Tuite J.P ; James King J.P. ; Hugh O'Neill J.P. ; Charles E. Levinge J.P. ; Christopher Lennon D.C. ; and Dominick Nugent. It was decided to hold a meeting of the enlarged Committee in the Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar, on Monday, 3rd January, 1916, at one o'clock for the transaction of business of the utmost importance; and I was asked to express the hope of the Committee that you will be able to attend on that occasion. Yours faithfully L. Ginnell. House of Commons, Westminster, London, England Letters from Andrew Philip Magill to J. P. Farrell, 7 April 1916Letter from Irish Prisoners, Frongoch to William O'Brien, Esq., MP, 11 October 1916Letter from Irish Prisoners, Frongoch to Alfred Byrne, MP, 11 October 1916Letter from Irish Prisoners, Frongoch to Alfred Byrne, MP, 13 October 1916Letter from Irish Prisoners, Frongoch to William O'Brien, Esq., MP, 14 October 1916Letter from Laurence Ginnell, 9 December 1915 Laurence Ginnell Letter from Laurence Ginnell, 9 December 1915Letter from Laurence Ginnell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 19 May 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 24 January 1916 Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916Letter from Frongoch to Laurence J. Ginnell, 8 October 1916