Letter from Joseph Devlin MP to Mr Rooney, 7 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Joseph Devlin

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This is a copy of a letter sent by Joseph Devlin MP (1871-1934) to a Mr Rooney. Devlin was a key organiser for the Irish Parliamentary Party, an influential constitutional nationalist and had been an MP since 1902. In the aftermath of the Easter Rising, Devlin supported the temporary partition of Ireland but the scheme collapsed. In the letter, written around this time, Devlin writes that 'we do not want any arms in Ireland, and will not have any' and that they are trying to remove arms from Ireland rather than bring them in.

 National Library of Ireland Piaras Béaslaí Papers, Collection List No 44; Ms. 33,912 (1) https://letters1916.ie/item/5418 English Joseph Devlin 1916-07-17 House of Commons, London Mr Rooney Male 1934 Politics Politics

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 MR. DEVLIN AND THE VOLUNTEERS HOUSE OF COMMONS. 7th July, 1916. My dear Mr. Rooney, I have your letter of the 17th inst., with enclosures handed to me by Mr. Redmond, which I return herewith. I would respectfully suggest that the Westley Richards' people should be distinctly told that we do not want any arms in Ireland, and we will not have them. As law-abiding citizens, we consider them a danger to the State. Instead of getting arms into the country, we want to get them out of the country. When this is done, we will see what further action should be taken. Yours very truly, JOSEPH DEVLIN. Joseph Devlin Letter from Joseph Devlin to Margaret O'Brien, 12 May 1916Letter from the Home Office to Joseph Devlin, 26 July 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Joseph Devlin, 8 August 1916Letter from Joseph Devlin MP to Mr Rooney, 7 July 1916Letter to Joseph Devlin, 3 March 1916 House of Commons, London Letter from Joseph Devlin MP to Mr Rooney, 7 July 1916