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Ireland -- History -- Partition, 1921

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter, J.J. O'Kelly to F.A. Sterling, 1928 July 27

 File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-03
Scope and Contents

Contains a single typescript letter from J.J. O'Kelly to Frederick A. Sterling, U.S. Minister to Ireland, concerning the legality and morality of the American decision to recognize of the Free State and a partitioned Ireland.

Dates: 1928 July 27

Manuscript, "Partition" by J.J. O'Kelly, undated

 File — Box 1, Folder: 111
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-111
Scope and Contents

Contains of draft of J.J. O'Kelly's essay "Partition," alternately titled on the interior "The Story of Partition." Potentially represents a very early draft of "Partition: Dáil Éireann comes of Age" a lecture O'Kelly delivered at the Sinn Féin Ard Oifig on January 21st, 1940, later printed as a pamphlet by the Sinn Féin Standing Committee.

Dates: undated

Manuscript, "Stepping Stones," by J.J. O'Kelly, 1939 December 9

 File — Box 1, Folder: 70
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-70
Scope and Contents

Contains a draft of J.J. O'Kelly's 1939 pamphlet, "Stepping Stones," initially given as a speech to commemorate the four Mountjoy Martyrs at Cork City Hall on 9 December 1939. Discusses the revolutionary period in Ireland as well as Anglo-Irish relations since the Treaty. Additionally discusses Britain's partitions in other countries, with increasingly antisemitic comments towards the end of the speech. The draft is marked up with instructions for the printer.

Dates: 1939 December 9

Notes concerning Ireland in the 1920s, the National Debt, Confiscation, and The Oath of Allegiance by J.J. O'Kelly, not before 1924

 File — Box 2, Folder: 173
Identifier: MSE/IR1030-173
Scope and Contents

Contains a small, top-bound notebook containing a miscellany of notes concerning various subjects, including O'Kelly's locations 1917-1924, some retrospective notes on Ireland in the 1920s, the national debt, confiscation, and the Oath of Allegiance in conjunction with Partition. The pages for the first half of the notebook have been torn out, with the contents taking up the next ten leaves.

Dates: not before 1924