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Lessons Presidents Learned From Presidents

 

Tom Hoopes- February 20, 2024

 

A country needs a father; God’s law comes first; and our country’s government won’t work right without religion. These are some of the lessons presidents teach us about the United States of America, and that the Church teaches about leaders worldwide.

 

But, as a bonus for Presidents’ Day — they also happen to be lessons that presidents learned from other presidents.

 

First, Abraham Lincoln described how Washington was truly father of his country.

 

“Away back in my childhood, the earliest days of my being able to read, I got hold of a small book,” he said.

 

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Speech of An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar T.D.

 

Plenary meeting with representatives from Churches, Faith Communities and Non-Confessional Organisations,

 

St Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle, Thursday 4 July 2019

 

http://www.limerickdiocese.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=432&cntnt01origid=196&cntnt01returnid=166

 

DAIL

 

 

 

Jimmy Deenihan’s Biography:

Jimmy is Fine Gael’s Spokesperson for Tourism, Culture and Sport.

He has been a TD since 1987 and from 1994-1997 he was Minister of State at

the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

Jimmy was a member of the Senate from 1982-1987, and he also sat on Kerry

County Council from 1985 to 1994.

He is married to Mary and they live in Listowel.

Some other facts about Jimmy:

Jimmy won GAA All-Ireland football medals with Kerry in 1975, 1978, 1979,

1980 and in 1981 the year he captained the team.

He received a GAA All-Star Award in 1981.

As a former PE teacher, Jimmy is a lover of all sports, particularly GAA,

hurling and rugby.

He loves traditional Irish music, and he’s also a fan of American folk

music; some of his favourite artists are Kris Kristofferson and Jim Croce.

Jimmy’s three top films are The Field, Ryan’s Daughter and The Quiet Man.

His political hero is Daniel O’Connell, because Jimmy believes he proved

that peaceful demonstrations are the most effective way of achieving

political objectives.

 

 

Friday, March 4, 2011

 

Bethesda, MD, - The EPDM Roofing Association (ERA), the trade association for the manufacturers of the EPDM roofing membrane and their suppliers, announced its support for President Obama’s energy efficiency proposals as detailed in the President’s Budget for 2012. But ERA is also calling for caution as Congress and the Federal agencies review and act on these proposals. “It’s essential in terms of roofing that lawmakers and their agency counterparts look at the whole picture of a roofing system’s environmental impact,” says Mike DuCharme, chairman of ERA. “Factors such as the life cycle impact, long-term service life of the roof cover, and the ease of recycling are critically important. In terms of roofing, there’s more to being green than black or white.” The President’s program was first unveiled earlier this month at Pennsylvania State University. It is part of the overall “Rebuilding America” effort to spur energy efficiency in commercial building. Specific policy proposals include overhauling the Energy Efficient Building Tax Deduction and turning it into a tax credit, as well as providing more financing for energy-efficient commercial buildings. Recent Federal policy has acknowledged, “Inappropriate use of cool roofs in colder regions may have a negative effect on energy performance” and mandated that “an engineering analysis on the suitability of cool roofs” should be performed on a case-by-case basis. ERA recently conducted two studies which underscore the importance of a variety of measurements in assessing the environmental impact of a roof. First, data from a state-of-the-art study on the long-term performance capability of EPDM roofing systems showed that EPDM roof membranes which have been in the field for up to 32 years have physical characteristic properties comparable to newly manufactured 45-mil EPDM membrane. A second study using the internationally recognized Athena EcoCalculator detailed the LCA, or Life Cycle Assessment, of EPDM and found that it performed better than comparable low slope roof assemblies and has a lower environmental impact than previously thought. In addition, efforts to recycle EPDM are intensifying, and since 2006 more than six million square feet of EPDM have been removed and recycled, reducing solid waste and pollution.

 

 

áil Éireann - Volume 28 - 06 March, 1929

Written Answers. - Dáil Eireann Loan Repayments.

Mr. James Crowley Mr. James Crowley

864

Mr. James Crowley asked the Minister for Finance whether the [864] undermentioned subscribers to the Dáil Loan, 1919-20, have made applications in writing for repayment in respect of their subscriptions; if he will state when they made the applications; whether their applications have been considered and found correct, and when it is proposed to issue Savings Certificates to them; if he is aware that nearly all the undermentioned have made at least two or three applications within the past year:-William C. Shine, Kilbaha, Newtownsandes, Kerry; Cornelius O'Connor, Feans, Causeway, Kerry; Thomas O'Carroll, Cloonamon, Astee, Ballylongford, Kerry; John Carroll, Cloonamon, Astee, Ballylongford, Kerry; John O'Hallorin (James), Pallas, Listowel, Kerry; John Byrne, Coolanelig, Duagh, Co. Kerry; John O'Hallorin, Pallas, Listowel, Kerry; John Keane, Rylane, Abbeyfeale; Mary Keane, Rylane, Abbeyfeale; Hannah Carmody, Ennismore, Listowel, Kerry, and Eugene M. O'Sullivan, Banemore, Ardfert, Tralee.

Mr. Blythe Mr. Blythe

Mr. Blythe: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to the question he addressed to me regarding these cases on the 27th ultimo.

 

 

 

 


Dáil Éireann - Volume 13 - 17 December, 1925

WRITTEN ANSWER. - COMPENSATION CLAIM (CO. KERRY).

SEAMUS O CRUADHLAOICH SEAMUS O CRUADHLAOICH

2066

SEAMUS O CRUADHLAOICH asked the Minister for Finance if he will state when the award of £45 obtained [2066] by James Mahony, Newtownsandes, Co. Kerry, from the Compensation (Ireland) Commission in June, 1925, will be paid, and whether he is aware that this man is in great need at present.

MINISTER for FINANCE (Mr. Blythe) Ernest Blythe

MINISTER for FINANCE (Mr. Blythe): The award referred to by the Deputy has been duly received in my Department and will be discharged at a very early date.

 

29 -4-1925

Mr. J. CROWLEY: I support Deputy Baxter's motion, and I would press upon the Executive the great necessity for immediate relief to farmers who have lost stock through disease. I am in a position to know as much as, or more than, any person, perhaps, in this Assembly, about mortality amongst cattle in Kerry, West Limerick and parts of Cork, but particularly in North Kerry, because I happen to be a veterinary surgeon and an inspector of dairies and cowsheds. Our firm are probably the largest buyers of hides and skins in County Kerry. I have been twenty years veterinary surgeon and about thirty years at the other business, and I can say confidently that during the time I remember-for the last thirty or thirty-five years-I have not seen as great a mortality amongst cattle as for the last three or four months. Thousands of yearlings have died and hundreds of milch cows are dying now. Many small uneconomic holders who were depending on the little money that a few yearlings-two, three or five-may bring at this time of the year, to pay rates and annuities, now cannot pay. Unless the State aids them, I can foresee an extremely busy time for the sub-sheriffs of County Kerry and other counties. In many cases, I believe, they will return: "Nothing to seize." I believe that is the return just now in many cases in Kerry, because many of the small farmers have absolutely no stock left.

511

I can quote from statistics as to the execution of court judgments. During [511] the quarter ended March, 1925, in County Kerry there were, according to the return, 374 judgments executed. That fact speaks for itself. I know, in some cases in North Kerry, where the sub-sheriff seized the last cow belonging to a poor man. I saw him take from a small farmer in Listowel six cows out of ten for rates. I had myself to come to the rescue of some small uneconomic holders down there. I will quote the names and addresses of persons who have sustained losses in my district. These are cases that I can prove:-

Daniel Foran, Coolard, Listowel, lost 11 cows out of 14; lost all calves.

Patrick Kennelly, Dromin, Listowel, lost 8 cows out of 14; lost 8 young cattle out of 8.

John Lyons, Knockburrane, Lixnaw, lost 9 cows out of 24; lost 26 young cattle out of 26.

Michael Purtill, Kilcolgan, Ballylongford, lost 6 cows out of 12; lost 6 heifers out of 6; lost 4 calves out of 4.

Mrs. Bridget Kennelly, Moybella, Liselton, lost 4 cows out of 10; lost 12 young cattle out of 12.

Maurice Carmody, Skehenerin, Listowel, lost 7 cows out of 7.

T. O'Connor, Derry, Listowel, lost 23 cows out of 35.

<P>P. Lynch, Bunagare, Listowel, lost 4 cows out of 4.

T. O'Connor, Kilmorna, lost 22 yearlings, 6 two-year-olds, 2 cows.

P. O'Connor, Kealid, Newtownsandes, lost 11 cows, 10 yearlings and 6 two-year-olds.

These are only a few of the many cases that I can prove.

 

 

Dáil Éireann - Volume 11 - 14 May, 1925

CEISTEANNA-QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - KERRY CREAMERY COMPENSATION AWARDS.

SEAMUS O CRUADHLAOICH SEAMUS O CRUADHLAOICH

SEAMUS O CRUADHLAOICH asked the Minister for Finance if he would expedite the issue of the £400 award granted to Keating's Creameries, Newtownsandes, Co. Kerry, by the Compensation (Ireland) Commission.

Mr. BLYTHE Mr. BLYTHE

1502

Mr. BLYTHE: Inquiry has been made at the offices of the Compensation (Ireland) Commission, and it has been [1502] ascertained that final issue of the award referred to by the Deputy has necessarily been postponed for the present pending adjustment of a question of costs. Payment cannot, of course, be made until the award is received in my Department from the Commission.

 

 

Dáil Éireann - Volume 24 - 27 June, 1928

WRITTEN ANSWERS. - DAIL LOAN (1919).

Mr. JAMES CROWLEY Mr. JAMES CROWLEY

Mr. JAMES CROWLEY asked the Minister for Finance why the undermentioned persons who have made repeated applications have not been repaid Dáil Loan subscribed by them in 1919-1920:-James Harrington, Kilbaha, Newtownsandes, Kerry; Patrick Shine, Dirreen, Athea, County Limerick; Patrick Sheehy, Tullig, Kilflynn, County Kerry; Donal O'Neill, Castle Street, Tralee, County Kerry; Edmond Harty, Lisduff, Ballyheigue, Kerry.

 

 

Dáil Éireann - Volume 153 - 27 October, 1955

Ceisteanna-Questions. Oral Answers. - River Drainage.

Mr. Finucane Mr. Finucane

Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend (a) the Feale drainage scheme from Listowel bridge to Abbeyfeale bridge, and (b) the drainage scheme for the Galey river from Moyvane, Newtownsandes, to the Limerick/Kerry boundary.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance (Mr. Donnellan) Michael Donnellan

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance (Mr. Donnellan): The extensions of the Feale catchment drainage scheme suggested in the question would be so uneconomic that they could not be justified.

Mr. Finucane Mr. Finucane

Mr. Finucane: Is the Parliamentary Secretary aware that large tracts of valuable land have been flooded during the month of May of this year? Crops have been destroyed. I would ask the Parliamentary Secretary to carry out a reinvestigation and build some embankment to prevent a recurrence of the flooding.

Mr. Donnellan Mr. Donnellan

186

Mr. Donnellan: I will do so. At the moment, the report is that, to protect [186] those, you would have to get embankments and they would have to be put so far back that, for the sake of the amount of land that would be reclaimed, it would not be worth it. The Minister met a deputation in the matter and got a report and it has been shown to be uneconomic to do so.

Mr. Finucane Mr. Finucane

Mr. Finucane: Is the Parliamentary Secretary aware that the Brick and Cashen drainage has cost £1,500,000 and some of the best land in Kerry is still subject to flooding-in those two areas? I would emphasise the need of a reinvestigation.

Mr. Finucane Mr. Finucane

Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Finance when it is proposed to start drainage operations on the River Maine.

Mr. Donnellan Mr. Donnellan

Mr. Donnellan: The design and preparation of a scheme is in hands but, pending compliance with the requirements of the Arterial Drainage Act, 1945, in regard to exhibition and confirmation of the scheme, it is not yet possible to give an exact date for the commencement of the works.

Mr. Finucane Mr. Finucane

Mr. Finucane: Could the Parliamentary Secretary give the exact date?

Mr. Donnellan Mr. Donnellan

Mr. Donnellan: I regret I cannot give the exact date, but we expect to start work next year.

 

SENATE

Seanad Éireann - Volume 1 - 10 January, 1923

BURNING OF CANADIAN CATHEDRAL.

Sir THOS. ESMONDE Sir THOS. ESMONDE

111

[111] Sir THOS. ESMONDE: In asking permission to submit this motion I desire that the Seanad of Ireland should associate itself in sympathy with our sister Nation of Canada in the loss she has sustained by the destruction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Montreal. This loss to Canada is nothing short of a national calamity. Notre Dame was the religious centre of Quebec. It was Canada's oldest historical monument. It was the most interesting church historically in North America, and one of the most interesting churches in the world. Those of us who have been privileged to worship in this venerable shrine can specially feel for Canada in the destruction of this beautiful edifice, with its historical associations, and the treasures of art it contained. Therefore, the resolution I invite the Seanad to approve is no mere perfunctory expression, but a genuinely conscious effort to convey to the Canadian people our strong feeling of sympathy with them in this great misfortune. The world and our civilisation are the poorer for their loss.

I have the honour to move:-

 

"That Seanad Eireann desires to convey to the people of Canada the expression of its sympathy with them in the destruction of Notre Dame Cathedral, at Montreal; and to associate itself with them in their regret in the loss of their oldest national monument. And that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the Canadian Senate, at Ottawa, and to His Eminence Cardinal Begin, Archbishop of Quebec."

Mr. C.J. IRWIN Mr. C.J. IRWIN

Mr. C.J. IRWIN: I beg to second the motion.

Motion put and agreed to.

 

 

 

Seanad Éireann - Volume 1 - 25 January, 1923

IRISHMEN IN THE GREAT WAR.(HOUSING SCHEME).

The EARL of MAYO The EARL of MAYO

The EARL of MAYO: With the leave of the Seanad, I should like to draw attention to a fact of pressing interest- that is, that a large tract of land has been bought and paid for in the county of Kildare, on which it is proposed to settle Irishmen who fought in the Great War. The object of this scheme is the same as that of several other schemes in various parts of Ireland which have been carried out successfully. Houses are to be built for these men, and they are each to have a certain amount of land. Now, I am not going to make a speech. I only wish to say that in these times it is very difficult to deal with such a large scheme. In one or two cases the schemes have been eminently successful, but I know that in my own county some irresponsible people, when houses were built, came forward and broke the windows. We are, of course, accustomed to that sort of thing in this country. Now, this is a very large scheme, and I only wish to draw the attention of the Seanad to it in order to enable the Government, if possible, to deal with this matter. I will bring it forward later on, when I have, if possible, consulted with the Minister or Ministers that have to deal with the matter.

 

 

 

 

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Match 1 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor General, 2 June 1925, enclosing a copy of a letter, 5 May 1925, with enclosures addressed to the Prime Minister by Mrs Scanlon who claims compensation for her father's murder, 29 July 1888 and for the loss of a farm in Listowel, County Kerry, which he, John Foran, held as tenant.

Date: 2/6/1925

Cabinet: s 4463

File: Governor General, Letter from Mrs N. Scanlon, Pittsburgh, Pa

Type: Despatch

Keywords: compensation cases

Match 2 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Copy letter to Mrs Catherine Stack, Listowel, County Kerry, from S Mac Ugo, Private Secretary to the Taoiseach, 16 August 1954, acknowledging her letter and stating that her representations in respect of the rule requiring women national teachers to retire on marriage have been brought to the attention of the Minister for Education. [No copy of Mrs Stack's letter exists in the file].

Date: 16/8/1954

Cabinet: s 6231C

File: Women National Teachers (1) Question of compulsory retirement, (2) special measures to meet scarcity, (3) rules for recognition

Type: Letter

Keywords: education; teachers

Match 3 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Letter to TC Courtney, Chief Engineering Adviser, Department of Local Government and Public Health, from Michael Keane and Sean J Scully, Joint Secretaries, Listowel Parish Relief Committee, 18 November 1941. They enclose a copy of statements of loss and damage incurred during the recent flooding of the parish. For example, Mrs Ellen Buckley, Pollough, Listowel, is an old age pensioner on 10/- per week. She has 21 statute acres at a Poor Law Valuation of £14. She has no stock and has her land let to John Lynch at a rent of £34 out of which she has to pay rent to the Irish Land Commission at £9 and rates of £7. Her dwelling house was brought down by the flooding and she is living with Mrs Kennelly. The statement indicates that she has no chance of returning home. Two tons of potatoes belonging to her were covered with water, thirty hens were drowned and 20 horse rails of turf were damaged.

Date: 18/11/1941

Cabinet: s 12672

File: Listowel, Flooding - 1941

Type: Letter

Keywords: disaster relief

Match 4 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Letter from Mrs Mary O'Shea renewing her accusations against two Court Officers whom she accused of 'swindling' her out of her money.

Date: 16/6/1958

Cabinet: s 4622

File: Governor General, Letters from Mrs Mary O'Shea regarding certain proceedings in the County Court at Listowel on 1912

Type: letter

Keywords: compensation

Match 5 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Acknowledgement card from the wife and family of the late Maurice P Walsh, Listowel, County Kerry, September 1959, expressing gratitude to all those who sympathised with them in their bereavement.

Date: 9/1959

Cabinet: s 14426C

File: Deaths of Persons other than Heads of State & Church Dignitaries, Messages of Sympathy & Representations at funerals, 1953-1959

Type: Card

Keywords: protocol

Match 6 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Telegram to Costello from Nora O Grady, Church Street, Listowel, 3 June 1954: `Long may you reign. God Bless you and all your work'.

Date: 3/6/1954

Cabinet: s 15719A

File: Mr John Costello, Taoiseach, Messages of congratulation on appointment, June 1954

Type: Telegram

Keywords: politics

Match 7 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Copy letter to Miss Nora O Grady, Listowel, from Costello, 4 June 1954, thanking her for her message which she sent on his appointment as Taoiseach.

Date: 4/6/1954

Cabinet: s 15719A

File: Mr John Costello, Taoiseach, Messages of congratulation on appointment, June 1954

Type: Letter

Keywords: politics

Match 8 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Telegram to de Valera from Miss Lena Mullally, Listowel, expressing congratulations on his appointment, 7 March 1957.

Date: 7/3/1957

Cabinet: s 16205 Annex

File: Mr Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach, Messages of Congratulations on Appointment, March, 1957

Type: Telegram

Keywords: politics

Match 9 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Letter to de Valera from Miss Lena Mullally, Listowel, expressing congratulations on his appointment,11 March 1957. She also encloses an Easter card.

Date: 11/3/1957

Cabinet: s 16205 Annex

File: Mr Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach, Messages of Congratulations on Appointment, March, 1957

Type: Letter

Keywords: politics

Match 10 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Minute to the Private Secretary to the Taoiseach from the Secretary, Department of External Affairs, 20 January 1961, relating to a letter from Mrs S McNamara, Listowel, concerning photographs which were taken during the Taoiseach's visit to the Dominican Convent of the Perpetual Rosary at Fatima. He informs him of the name and address of the photographer.

Date: 20/1/1961

Cabinet: s 16892B

File: Nigeria, Independence Celebration, September - October 1960

Type: Minute

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Match 31 from 'Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment' NA reference number: 2002/67/300

Original reference number: D145/2/68

Description: County Kerry: Special Regional Development Fund; application for assistance for Feale Nale Industries, Listowel, County Kerry

Date: 1967-1970

Match 32 from 'Office of the Secretary to the President' NA reference number: PRES 1/P 5359

Original reference number: P 5359

Description: Listowel races

Date: Sept 1955-Aug 1958

Match 33 from 'Office of the Attorney General' NA reference number: 2004/2/144

Description: Listowel Traffic and Parking Bye-Laws, 1973

Date: 1973

Match 34 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW8/

Description: Specifications and estimates for constructing a landing place and canal on the River Gale at the end of the new Gunsborough Road at Killarada

Date: 1839-1841

Item: 149

Location: Gale River, Gunsborough, Listowel, Co. Kerry

Drawings: 5

Match 35 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/4/

Description: Survey plans, 14 July 1925; floor plan of Listowel RIC Barracks, undated

Date: 1925

Item: 228

Location: Listowel ex-RIC Barracks, Co. Kerry

Drawings: 3

Match 36 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/6

Date: 1837

Author: Henry Stokes, Civil Engineer

Type: Road

Item: 0044

Location: Ballylongford and Listowel to the sea at Ballybunion and Killarada and others

Match 37 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/6

Date: 1839

Author: Henry Stokes, Civil Engineer

Type: Road

Item: 0422

Location: Tralee to Listowel

Match 38 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/6

Date: 1841

Author: Henry Stokes

Type: Road

Item: 0348

Location: Listowel to Abbeyfeale, map of proposed new roads from Listowel to Abbeyfeale and Rathkeale between Bunagara bridge, and Islandanny, between Kilmeany and Meenanaspig

Match 39 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/6

Date: 1843

Author: Henry Stokes

Type: Road

Item: 0349

Location: Listowel to Abbeyfeale, plan of a proposed new road from Listowel to Abbeyfeale between the Knights bridge and the church of death

Match 40 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/6

Type: Road

Item: 0347

Location: Listowel and Ballybunion to Shanagolden, proposed new roads

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Match 1 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Letter to the Taoiseach from DS O Maoldomhnaigh, Dail Eireann, 15 April 1958, relating to the Constitution of the Commission of Inquiry into the teaching of Irish. He suggests three persons for consideration with a view to appointment to the proposed Commission. For example, Mrs Cait Ahearne, formerly a Secondary Teacher and at present Vice-President of the Irish Countrywomen's Association. She lives in Ballybunion and is married to a National Teacher.

Date: 15/4/1958

Cabinet: s 13180B

File: Irish Language, Policy

Type: Letter

Keywords: Irish language; commissions of inquiry

Match 2 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Letter to Mrs Kit Ahern, Ballybunion, County Kerry, from Lemass, 23 November 1964, offering her a nomination to the Seanad. He states that the recent death of An Seabhac has created a vacancy.

Date: 23/11/1964

Cabinet: s 1714147/95

File: Seanad Eireann, Membership Nominated by Taoiseach, Ninth Seanad, 1961

Type: Letter

Keywords: senators

Match 3 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Letter to Lemass from Mrs Kit Ahern, Ballybunion, County Kerry, 24 November 1964, accepting the nomination to the Seanad and asking to meet him.

Date: 24/11/1964

Cabinet: s 1714147/95

File: Seanad Eireann, Membership Nominated by Taoiseach, Ninth Seanad, 1961

Type: Letter

Keywords: senators

Match 4 from 'Department of the Taoiseach' Description: Newsclipping from the 'Irish Press', 27 February 1961, containing an article entitled 'They seek bureau on development'. The article refers to a meeting of the Central Council of Tuairim at which delegates discussed the problems faced by development associations. 'The setting up of a central advisory service to supply information to development associations was advocated by Mr RM Boland'. The speakers included Miss K Ahern, Ballybunion, County Kerry.

Date: 27/2/1961

Cabinet: s 17138A/61

File: Community Development, Federation of Local Development Associations, General

Type: newsclipping

Published: Irish Press

Keywords: industry; employment; rural life

Match 5 from 'Department of Finance' NA reference number: FIN 1/ 1991

Original reference number: 623/41

Description: Listowel and Ballybunion Railway: claim for damage to flying gate at Ballybunion

Date: 28 Jul - 2 Aug 1923

Series: Early Series

Match 6 from 'Department of Finance' NA reference number: FIN 1/ 2953

Original reference number: 747/44

Description: Army: Listowel to Ballybunion Barracks: Claim of John Faley for coal supplied

Date: 30 July 1923

Series: Early Series

Match 7 from 'Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment' NA reference number: 2002/67/138

Original reference number: D145/16/67

Description: County Kerry: Special Regional Development Fund: application for assistance for Ballybunion Knitwear

Date: 1967-1971

Match 8 from 'Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment' NA reference number: 2002/67/307

Original reference number: D145/9/68

Description: County Kerry: Special Regional Development Fund; application for assistance for Jeremiah Murphy, Ballybunion, County Kerry

Date: 1968

Match 9 from 'Office of the Attorney General' NA reference number: 2002/14/124

Description: Ballybunion Parking Bye-Laws, 1971

Date: 1971

Match 10 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/4/

Description: Drainage plan, 14 December 1918; survey plan with accompanying sketches, 14 October 1925

Date: 1918 - 1925

Item: 58

Location: Ballybunion ex-RIC Barracks, Co. Kerry

Drawings: 13

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Match 11 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/6

Date: 1837

Author: Henry Stokes, Civil Engineer

Type: Road

Item: 0044

Location: Ballylongford and Listowel to the sea at Ballybunion and Killarada and others

Match 12 from 'Office of Public Works' NA reference number: OPW5HC/6

Type: Road

Item: 0347

Location: Listowel and Ballybunion to Shanagolden, proposed new roads

Match 13 from 'Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1845-1847' NA reference number: RLFC3/1/

Description: Joseph Dexter, Coast Guard, Ballybunion, predicting a shortage of potatoes.

Date: 15/01/1846

Item: 357

Drawings: 2

County: Kerry

Barony: Iraghticonnor

Match 14 from 'Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1845-1847' NA reference number: RLFC3/1/

Description: Joseph Dexter, Coast Guard, Ballybunion, to Sir James Dombrain, Inspector General of the Coast Guard, predicting a potato shortage in the spring and summer.

Date: 01/02/1846

Item: 462

Drawings: 1

County: Kerry

Barony: Iraghticonnor

Match 15 from 'Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1845-1847' NA reference number: RLFC3/1/

Description: Maurice O'Connor, Tarbert, regarding the establishment of an Indian corn depot at Ballybunion and the payment of local subscriptions to the central committee in Listowel.

Date: 20/04/1846

Item: 1684

Drawings: 3

County: Kerry

Barony: Iraghticonnor

Match 16 from 'Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1845-1847' NA reference number: RLFC3/1/

Description: Captain William Neame, Assistant Inspector General of the Coast Guard, stating that orders had been issued for the supply of ten tons of Indian corn to Ballybunion station and five tons each to Valentia and Ballinskelligs.

Date: 30/05/1846

Item: 2727

Drawings: 1

County: Kerry

Joseph Plunkett Born in Dublin in 1887

. Plunkett was one of the signers of the Proclamation He was executed in 1916 before his execution on the morning of May 4, he married Grace Clifford, Plunkett was 28 years old.

"I See His Blood Upon the Rose"
by Joseph Mary Plunkett

I see his blood upon the rose
And in the stars the glory of his eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.

I see his face in every flower;
The thunder and the singing of the birds
Are but his voice-and carven by his power
Rocks are his written words.

All pathways by his feet are worn,
His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea,
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn,
His cross is every tree.

 

 


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Dail Report Period 19/8/1919 to 25/10/1919)

At the beginning of September, 1920, it was decided to open a bureau for the purpose of finding employment for men who resigned from the R.I.C. from patriotic motives. On the 9th September, 1920, Mr. J.M., ex-R.I.C.-man, Listowel, who resigned from that force on hearing instructions issued by Col. Smith on his visit to that town, was appointed Secretary. Unfortunately, though he worked very conscientiously, his efforts met with very little success.

Boycott Finances. The actual cost of running the Belfast and British boycotts between the 1st February and 31st July, 1921, amounted to £5,450. The fines recovered (and paid into the Financial Department) during that period amounted to £400.

A pamphlet of 12,000 words giving the history of the 1920 and 1921 Belfast Pogroms has been prepared and will be submitted to the Publicity Department for publication.

 

Dail Report 1-11 Sept. 1922

A small Section of report

At the Ard Fheis an agreement was arrived at, the elections being postponed for three months, those who were against the Treaty pledging themselves to allow the work of the Provisional Government to proceed. Already the political situation had affected business. The subsequent activities against the popular will, and for these activities the political sponsors, i.e., the Party in the Dail who are described as Anti-Treaty, are and will be held responsible by the people of Ireland. Neither age nor sex, not even religion were spared. Roads were blocked to prevent meetings; firearms were used against speakers, and in one case a meeting to be addressed by the late President was proclaimed. The elected head of the Nation was to be dominated by an army despot; the man who worked for thirty years in the service of his country was not to be terrorised in that fashion. At the risk of his life, and leaving behind the late Commander-in-Chief as President's [69] substitute, he set out for Sligo determined to die before he would admit the right of any person, armed or unarmed, to restrict liberty, and he declined to barter the people's liberty even at the risk of his life. I bear witness to the cheerfulness with which the late President set out on that journey, and to the satisfaction expressed when he had returned from his encounter with these armed despots. In an adjoining county a deputy of the last Dail who was informed that he would get short shrift at the elctions, said a few revolver shots would settle that. Very few revolver shots were fired by that gentleman during the late war. The late Commander-in-Chief, General Michael Collins, who was unquestionably the most hunted man by the British during the late war, encountered armed opposition at meetings held in various parts of the country. In those places there was overwhelming support for him and his policy, but an armed minority sought to prevent the people hearing what he had to say. Trees were felled and placed across the roads to prevent people attending the meetings; rails were torn up to prevent people travelling by trains; newspapers were seized to prevent the people reading about the meetings, and terrorism of the basest kind indulged in under a political label, and few and feeble were the protests by the Anti-Treaty party against this new onslaught on democracy. There were merely individual expressions of opinion; no man on the Anti-Treaty side had the moral courage to stand up and say if these onslaughts did not cease he would retire from membership of that party. The ultimate policy of the Anti-Treaty party was now apparent, i.e. destruction. When a peaceful arrangement with Ulster was entered into and signed by President Griffith and General Collins, armed raids took place on goods coming from Belfast under an edict issued by the Irregulars, i.e., the Belfast Boycott. Every constructive effort made by the Irish Government was made the object of attack by the Irregulars or the overwrought members of the Anti-Treaty party. Meantime a business slump set in and economic chaos became inevitable. The Four Courts were occupied and barricades were set up. This institution had been handed over by the British and had become the property of the nation. Its use as a public building was very largely availed of. [70] Offices in that institution were utilised to administer funds of orphans, widows and the insane. Documents important to the life of the nation were stored there. The Record Office was of inestimable intrinsic value; the only Brehon Decree in existence was housed there, and due and sufficient notice was given to these armed gentlemen of the value of these documents and of the necessity of safeguarding them. All these attacks on the people and on public and private property notwithstanding, the Government still continued a peace offensive, always in the hope that a statesmanlike appreciation of the situation would eventually command the attention of more responsible elements of those opposed to the Treaty. The fact that such a presumption was correct was evidenced when the Southern Officers published a statement. Meeting after meeting was held between representatives, and on the Treaty side the mere terms of any agreement counted for nothing. No price was too high to pay as long as the Treaty position was kept and the Treaty secured, and while that position was maintained, even though it shook the confidence of our friends and supporters and brought us very near the edge of a precipice, no action was taken, no statement was made, no word was uttered by the late General Collins that would give offence, or even umbrage, to the humblest member of the Anti-Treaty party. In all these efforts to effect stabilisation, the Government were being constantly reminded by their own supporters that they were playing with fire. Every act of grace, every effort made for peace, every consultation tried to bring about friendly co-operation on the points, which before the public were admitted to be common ground, was taken, as the sign of weakness. Reviewing the whole course of events now, and in the interim absence of proof, one is driven to the irresistible conclusion that a way was being fashioned for a return of the English troops and English administration, as if after the disorganisation so deliberately planned, the Nation could look to the same leaders with any degree of confidence. After making fruitless attempts to secure accommodation, a formula was found, and only the great heart now no longer beating, and lying in Glasnevin, could have out of its illimitable generosity given so much away. But what change of heart was seen on the Anti-Treaty side. It is well [71] that those who talk so lightly now of peace as if it were something which could be had as easily as saying "Yes" or "No" should thoroughly appreciate the position. Peace with the politicians, or an apparent peace, was not the peace for which we had bargained. Well might the Anti-Treaty Party bargain for peace and demand and get the highest price, knowing well that another peace had had to be made with the Irregulars in arms.

On the 12th June-during the absence of Gen. Collins-an advertisement appeared in the Press over the names of Michael Collins and E. de Valera, which was not authorised by Michael Collins, and on the 14th he published a repudiation of it.

It is unnecessary to read the Coalition Panel Agreement, but it is right that this should be read:-

"During the absence of Messrs. Griffith and Michael Collins in London on Monday, 12th June, 1922, the following advertisement appeared in the Dublin papers of that date. It occupied a treble column space of about ten inches in each column. Here is a copy of the advertisement:-

" ‘The English are furious with the Collins-de Valera Pact because the English fear Irish unity.

" ‘Will you play the enemy's game, and destroy the Pact, or will you stand by that Pact and vote for the Sinn Fein panel?

" ‘You won't get it by voting for a Dail of warring sections and interests.

" ‘You will get it by voting for the Sinn Fein Panel which will secure a united effort from the forces of Irish Nationality.

" ‘Peace, stability, order can only be secured by the two effective National forces, united by the Collins-de Valera Pact.

" ‘Your only security against the Nation's enemies, foreign and domestic.' "

CUMANN NA POBLACHTA.

On the 13th June, Mr. Michael Collins was shown this advertisement which appeared in the Press of 12th June.

The following statement appeared in the Press of the 14th June:-

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"On Mr. Collins' attention being drawn to the advertisement inserted in Monday's papers by ‘Cumann na Poblachta,' he said he had not seen it before it was inserted, nor did he believe that Mr. de Valera had seen it. The Pact agreed upon by him and Mr. de Valera stated [72] clearly in Clause 4 ‘That any and every interest is free to go up and contest the Election equally with the National Sinn Fein Panel.' In his opinion the statement in the advertisement: ‘Do you want peace? You won't get it by voting for a Dail of warring sections and interests; you will got it by voting for the Sinn Fein Panel which will secure united effort from the forces of Irish Nationality,' was not in keeping with the spirit of the Pact, and to suggest that non-Panel candidates, by contesting the Election, branded themselves as national enemies was obviously contrary to the agreement signed by him and by Mr. de Valera."

On the 15th of June, negotiations having been going on with the Irregulars, the following document was handed to the Minister for Defence by Messrs. O'Connor and O'Malley from the Four Courts:-

RESOLUTION PASSED AT EXECUTIVE MEETING HELD ON 14/6/22.

That we instruct the Officers deputed to meet the Beggar's Bush Officers to inform them that:-

For the purpose of maintaining the Irish Republic, the Executive has decided that:

(a) Negotiations on Army unification. with Beggar's Bush must cease.

(b) We take whatever action may be necessary to maintain the Republic against British aggression.

(c) No offensive will be taken by our troops against the Beggar's Bush forces.

On the 18th June-after the Election- forces from the Four Courts seized munitions at the Curragh, the property of the people of Ireland.

We have positive evidence that on Sunday, 18th June, Rory O'Connor, Ernest O'Malley, and Thomas Barry, with an armoured and Lancia car, and a force of Irregulars from the Four Courts, held up members of the Civic Guard, disarmed them, and took possession of their arms, at the Cross at Kildare. The disarmed Civic Guards were there and then informed by the O'Connor-O'Malley-Barry party "that they had declared war on England, that they had issued an ultimatum for Monday morning, and that they did not want to be fighting with Irishmen," and they asked the Civic Guards "to come along with them."

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[73] On the 26th of June motor cars to the value of £9,000 were seized under the pretext of the Belfast Boycott at Ferguson's Garage. The Government being made aware of it, National troops were despatched to the premises, and they arrested an Irregular leader named Henderson. It was the duty of the Government to prevent illegal seizures not authorised by any Court functioning under the authority of Parliament. The following day one of the highest Military Officers of the State, General O'Connell, was kidnapped and taken prisoner to the Four Courts. These actions were a direct challenge to the authority of the people, as expressed in the elections, and to the authority of the Government. It was now evident that neither peace, order nor security could possibly be maintained if the Government did not take strong and definite action. An ultimatum was sent to the Four Courts, and military operations were begun against those who defied the authority. These actions were only taken after every possible effort had been made to effect a peaceful settlement. It must, however, be definitely understood that in all these efforts for a peaceful settlement the Government was bound to see that the Treaty position was maintained. At that time the Irregular forces could have withdrawn from the Four Courts, bowing to superior force, and still maintained, should it be so desired, an attitude of opposition on constitutional lines to the Government's policy.

If peace be made now it must be on well defined lines: it must be a constitutional peace. There must not, and will not, be an armed body in the community without the sanction of Parliament, and Parliament must have control of all arms, and an armed opposition to its will cannot be permitted. There must be no misunderstanding about that. We do not contemplate, and never said we would fire the last shot to consolidate the supremacy of Parliament. It won't be necessary to do so, but if those at present in arms, or at any future time in arms, think that the Government fears to assert the authority of Parliament, they are mistaken. Members of the Government may fall in that, task which it is their duty to carry out, and others will take their place and accept the same responsibility.

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During the progress of the military operations within the last two months [74] there has been an utter indifference on the part of the Irregulars-in their attacks -to the vital interests of the community. It is well known there is a house famine in Dublin, and throughout the country, but that did not prevent the occupation and the destruction of the habitations of the people. The Provisional Government had already taken steps to provide for 2,000 houses. It was evidence of their appreciation of the house famine. Hotel accommodation was strictly limited; that did not prevent a large number of hotels being seized by Irregulars, and during the occupation by Irregulars of the hotels, and other places, members of the Dail belonging to the Anti-Treaty party were in these hotels. Sniping and ambushing had taken place on a much larger scale than during the late war, and in one of the ambushes a most promising Officer- General Collison, with four Officers of lesser rank-was killed. I recollect the late President saying that he would at all costs attend the funeral of General Collison, and of four Officers that were killed in the ambush at Leix. The 25 men who took part in that ambush surrendered almost immediately to a force of six of the National troops, after doing their damage. They put up a white flag and screamed for mercy. General Collins went down and interrogated these twentyfive men, and not a single one of them had fired a shot against the English in the late war. Piers have been destroyed, roads trenched and mined, bridges blown up, railways seriously damaged, and signal boxes destroyed. In a word if there is to be war let us concentrate upon cutting the arteries of the Nation! Valuable mansions have been burned and the policy in this line of action cannot but have one effect, that is the driving of the wealthy classes out of the country with a consequent loss in the revenue of the country, and the attempt to develop a sense and feeling of insecurity which will damage the future prospects of the Nation. In one case a mansion was visited, and "The Book of Lismore" and numerous other valuable Irish manuscripts including the "Crozier of St. Patrick," were sprinkled with petrol, and but for the unexpected arrival of the National troops would have been consigned to the flames. In Cork, they took possession of the Custom House and seized the revenue of the country and the money belonging to the people to the extent of £100,000. They [75] went so far as to make a demand for the payment of Income Tax. These particulars give a picture of the extent to which they are prepared to go to further the proclivities of those people until every man who possesses a revolver becomes a despot. While these operations are in progress and until order has been restored, reconstruction and reparation are obviously impossible. Only last night news was brought of a further attack on the people, namely, damage, to the Water Works. Action taken by the Government in this connection is solely and entirely with the intention of restoring order and taking steps to secure that life and property must be respected and that the laws of the country must be obeyed. The Nation is suffering now, and all this suffering, great as it may be, is less than that to which all the activities of those who are in arms against the Government wish to commit the Nation, i.e., renewed war with England. Peace must be on the basis of the Treaty and it is open to any section of the community to oppose it politically and constitutionally. Amongst the documents that have come into the hands of the Government in connection with this struggle occurs the following:-

"HEADQUARTERS,

KERRY No. 1 BRIGADE,

July 10, 1922.


 

The Advertiser Adelaide, SA 23 Oct 1935

 

 

DEATH OF LORD CARSON 22 October 1935

Close of Notable Career

PART IN ULSTER QUESTION

Brilliant Advocate

The death occurred today after intermittent illness extending over many months of Lord Carson one of Britain's most notable advocates whose political

months, of Lord Carson, one of Britain's most notable advocates whose political career was largely the history of the Ulster question. Lord Carson was in his 82nd year. Last June he was gravely ill with pneumonia. The death of Lord Carson has removed a powerful, picturesque, and  altogether remarkable figure, whose  political career, associated as it was With one of the stormiest periods m British history, cannot even yet be distinguished clearly from the confusion and misunderstanding that surrounded, and still surrounds, the "Ulster question," which. more than any other man, he resolved in its present form. Probably not even the most outstanding of his contemporaries has been more hotly attacked or aroused greater passions in his time than Lord Carson did in his when at the head of 100,003 volunteers, he stood willing, if necessary, to plunge Ireland into civil war rather than accept Home Rule and join Ulster with Southern Ireland on the conditions which the Home Rule Bill sought to impose. The "partition" of Ireland remains a vexed and apparently in soluble problem, and because of his determined stand to maintain Ulster as an integral part of the United Kingdom Lord Carson, although all but idolised in the six counties was and his name will doubtless long remain identified in Southern Ireland with every difference of race, religion, tradition, and outlook that for 300 years has divided the Irish people. Had Lord Carson not entered politics he would have left a name pre-eminently honoured in the legal world. From a struggling Dublin barrister he rose through sheer intelligence and personality to be one of the greatest advocates the British Bar has ever listened to. When, at the age of 57.  took the leadership of Ulster in its resistance to Home Rule, he was t wealthy. respected, and famous man.  a crusading zeal, he sacrificed the richest practice in Britain, and the position which he had won after years of endeavour, for a cause in which he believed not only implicitly, but which he felt irresistibly compelled to under take. Whatever the" merits of that cause. Lord Carson's motives must be placed completely beyond question. Native Of Dublin Such is the nature of the Irish "partition" that the fact that Lord Carson was not an Ulsterman, but a native of Dublin, does not require explanation. His father was a civil engineer in Dublin, and his mother came of an old Protestant family in County Galway. On his father's side he was of Italian descent, the name Carson having originally been Carsoni. One of a family of six, he was born in February, 1854. The Carsons belonged to the "southern minority," and Edward was brought up in its traditions and steeped in its loyalties, imbibing them, as the late Earl of Birkenhead said of him, "with all the resources of a chivalrous heart, and a strong intelligence." His earliest inclinations were for the Church, or failing that, to become an architect His father, whose favourite son he was. determined, however, that he should become a lawyer. He was educated at Portarlington School and Trinity College. Dublin, where he was  a contemporary or Oscar Wilde, the  cross examination of whom in after  years, when Wilde was led by his inordinate vanity to sue the Marquees of Queensberry for libel, with tragic consequences to himself, was one of his greatest triumphs at the English bar. Trinity College. Dublin, has always been one of the most distinguished universities in the world, and Carson held his own. and perhaps a little more than his own. in the society of very remarkable and brilliant young men. Delicate health debarred him from sport, and he was able to give his whole time to study. with results that became apparent immediately he began to make his way in the legal world.

LORD CARSON

The Ireland of his youth was far from being a land of opportunity. Thousands of the able-bodied young men of his day were, in fact. flocking overseas each year, mostly to the United States. and the constantly low level of living of the great majority of the Irish people had been still further reduced by famine and starvation. Edward Carson had to make his way. unassisted by his parents and in the face of the heart-breaking obstacles that a young and unknown lawyer has usually to encounter. For the first five years progress was slow, but gradually his eloquence, and more still his keen perception and knowledge of the Irish character, brought him under notice, and a few years later won him recognition as one of the most able advocates in Dublin. One notable stepping stone to success was the prominence he received as an advocate for a number of small tenant farmers whose standing was considerably altered as a result of Gladstone's Irish Land Bill. So capable was his advocacy, indeed, that he was approached with a request that he stand as a Nationalist and a "no-rent" member for Waterford. He astonished the farmers who put the request to him by telling them that he was a Unionist, and had. moreover, no intention of entering politics. Another event of interest and importance in those days, when he was fighting for recognition at the Irish bar. was his first marriage. After a swift, court ship he married Sarah Kerwin. a young Irish girl. and having at that time only £50, went with her to live at her father's house. Shortly after wards she nursed him through a critical illness, and was for many years a constant source of encouragement to him. Later in life she became a permanent invalid, and Lord Carson's devotion to her in her illness is one of the gracious aspects of his life. After her death he married again, his second wife being a daughter of Colonel Frewen

Danger Of Assassination In 1886, at the age of 32, he became a Crown Counsellor. It was a time of great bitterness and unrest. The eviction of tenants and peasants who could not meet their debts was countered with intrigue, boycott, and lawlessness, including murder, and Carson, as a Crown prosecutor, was exposed to even more of risk. "Coercion" Carson he was called, and when in 1892 he was appointed Solicitor- General, he went in almost constant danger of assassination. It was then a common occurrence for armed police men to display their revolvers in court in order to ensure that there should be no interruption of the proceedings. But Carson, who was utterly fearless, continued not only to do his duty, but to do it remarkably well. As Solicitor-General he was the right-hand man of the Secretary for Ireland Mr. Balfour. Bloody Balfour  afterwards Prime Minister. When Mr Balfour was summoned back to England to lead the Unionist Party, he resolved that Carson should accompany him,  with that purpose persuaded him to stand as a member for Trinity College. Carson, with some reluctance, consented, and was elected, and in 1892 took his place in the House of Commons. Although his eloquence and his strong and arresting personality soon made a prominent figure in the House of commons, law and not politics was still his main concern. He now began to practice in London. His success was dazzling His keen analytical mind, which made his an unrivalled cross examiner, his cold and precise manner of speaking and his ability to seize on the weakness of his opponent's case, lifted him in a few years to the peak of his profession. The Wilde case was but one of many that made his name world famous. Lord Birkenhead. who was himself a towering figure in the legal world, has said that he was the most formidable advocate he ever en countered at the Bar. and the greatest advocate the Bar has produced since Eskine Devastating Cross-Examiner In his first volume of "The Life of Lord Carson.' the late Edward Marjoribanks describes the pains Carson took in the trials, in which he showed himself so great an advocate, to master both the law and the facts, the Napoleonic concentration on the weak point of the other side, the bold disregard for every thing that was not vital, the intense human feeling which transfigured pleading and cross-examination. In his greatest victories, as in the Oscar Wilde case he so managed it that the chief witness on the other side, under his skilful handling, made out the case he wanted to prove. On several occasions these chief witnesses utterly broke down. Thus "Havelock Wilson  was unable to continue under cross-examination, and was carried  out of court in a pitiful condition by his friends, sobbing like a woman and the tears streaming down his checks! Yet he never bullied the witnesses: he led them suavely and easily to their own discomfiture. There are some excellent stories of the humours of the Leinster Circuit, where Carson developed his wonderful gifts of cross-examination. Thus, for example, three valuators, examined separately, all gave the value of a field at £10 15 2. When the third repeated this figure Carson intervened thus: Carton  you went over the field carefully, by yourself? Carson What sort of a field did ye find it? Witness— It had a wall all around It. I noticed everything about it. Carson did you notice any coincidences about the field? Witness yes. indeed. I didn't rightly recall it at first, but now you come to remind me. there was a little heap of them lying up in a corner of a field by themselves. Or again: Should I be right If I called you a heavy drinker? That's my business. Have you any other business?

Home Rule Struggle His Parliamentary career, while note worthy, was not at this stage out standing. From the outset he had assumed the leadership of the small group of Ulster Unionists who for years fought every Home Rule proposal in the House of Commons and resisted every attempt at compromise. In 1911 the great constitutional struggle between the House of Commons and the House of Lords having been disposed of. the stage was set for what was then believed to be the final settlement of the thorny "Irish question" The Home Rule Bill had neither the support of Redmond's Irish Nationalists, the Ulster Unionists, nor perhaps of a majority of the British people. The Unionists, though for a very different reason, were as strongly opposed to it as the Nationalists. Sir Edward Carson he had been Knighted in 1900, threw himself into the three cornered struggle with all his extra ordinary ability and energy. Ulster was determined to resist Home Rule, if necessary by force, and Carson became its leader. A committee of 400 was formed to make arrangements for a Provisional Government of Ulster, arms were smuggled in wholesale, and thousands of volunteers enrolled. Carson told the committee to "take the consequences and trust in God." Ulster. he declared, would march from Belfast to Cork and take the consequences, even if not one of them returned. An appeal was made to friends of Ulster in England. and an announcement was actually published in the London "Morning Post' calling openly for support for Ulster's "armed resistance." That was In June. 1913. Recruits flocked to Belfast, gun-running increased, and the situation became daily more critical The British Government found itself in a situation of extreme delicacy  and danger. There was  a vivid apprehension in England lest the Government should attempt to  coerce Ulster, while a number of British Army officer fearing that they might be ordered to attack the Ulster volunteers, resigned their commissions. Carson declared in July 1913 that  the forces of the Crown could not  be used against Ulster because, if they  did Great Britain "could not rely tomorrow on the army. Machinery was put in place for a revolutionary government and Ulster Women were to be admitted to the organisation. Ulster was to separate themselves from the rest of the country. Effort by the King in 1914 to broker a deal failed and Sir Edward Carson, hurried back to Ulster and placed himself at the head of the volunteers in readiness for whatever might happen. Such was the stage the crisis had reached when it was dissipated by the outbreak of the Great War. Carson, accepting the Government's pledge that no attempt would be made to raise the question of Home Rule until after the war, disbanded his troops and offered his services to the Government. "In doing so. he became a much greater man." wrote Lord Birkenhead. "He left parochialism far behind him, and devoted a competent mind to Imperial issues on an Imperial scale " Although he joined the Asquith Ministry as Attorney-General in May, 1915. Carson quickly came to the conclusion that that Government could not win the war, he resigned after three months. Thereafter he became chairman of the committee of Unionist members which attempted to add driving power and imagination to the conduct of the war The fall of the first Coalition Government was due in no small measure to the hostility against it which he had engendered, because he did not think it was prosecuting the war seriously enough. In 1917 he became First Lord of the Admiralty in Mr. Lloyd George's Government, and subsequently a member of the War Cabinet without portfolio. Sir Eric Geddes taking his place at the Admiralty. Carson remained a member of the War Cabinet, rendering valuable service, until 1918. when the Irish question once more inopportunely obtruded itself. He then felt that his position had become impossible for he found himself out of tune with many of his colleagues in the Ministry He resigned. After the war the Irish Government Act was passed, a measure of -which Carson did not seriously disapprove, as it safeguarded Ulster in its own boundaries. Soon afterwards a vacancy occurred in the Law Lords, which his previous achievements had admirably qualified him to fill. He therefore resigned his seat in the Commons in 1921 and was anointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, which position he filled with great credit for eight years. .Since 1929 he has been living practically in retirement.

By his first wife Carson had a son  and a daughter. and by his second, whom he married in 1914. one son. ? His second wife and his children survive him.




Dáil Éireann - Volume 132 - 04 June, 1952

Written Answers. - Feale (County Kerry) Drainage Scheme.

Mr. McEllistrim Mr. McEllistrim

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[474] Mr. McEllistrim asked the Minister for Finance if he will state (a) the number of men employed in the Feale drainage scheme, County Kerry; (b) the names and addresses of the men employed on the scheme, and (c) the capacity in which they are employed.

Minister for Finance (Mr. MacEntee) Seán MacEntee

Minister for Finance (Mr. MacEntee): (a) The number of men- apart from engineers-employed on the Feale drainage scheme on the 3rd June, 1952, was 61.

(b) and (c). The names and addresses of the men and the capacity in which they are employed are as follows:-

Name
Address
Capacity in which employed

J.F. Butler
Riverview, Ballybunion
Foreman.

J.B. Skan
East End, Ballybunion
Foreman (Mechanical).

W.J. Curley
Castleview, Ballybunion
Storekeeper.

D. Hanrahan
Stella Maris, Ballybunion
Stores Assistant.

M. McGuinness
College Road, Listowel
,, ,,

P. Byrne
East End, Ballybunion
Ganger.

P. Carr
Finuge, Lixnaw
,,

P. Daly
Cloghane, Ballyduff
,,

M. Groomes
East End, Ballybunion
,,

N. Kelly
Gortmincha, Listowel
,,

T. Foley
Lyre, Lisselton
Carpenter.

W. Robinson
East End, Ballybunion
Chargehand Fitter.

J. O'Grady
Castleview, Ballybunion
Fitter.

J. Power
East End, Ballybunion
Mechanic.

J. McAuliffe
Dysart, Lixnaw
Driver.

P. Boland
Lisselton
,,

P. Brosnan
John McCormack Ave., Ballybunion
,,

S. Conroy
Strandhill Road, Ballybunion
,,

T. Devery
East End, Ballybunion
,,

P. Fanning
Gortmincha, Listowel
,,

P. Gillivan
Savoy Hotel, Ballybunion
,,

N. Kiely
East End, Ballybunion
,,

W. Lynch
Urlee, Lisselton
,,

P. Mangan
c/o Kinnelly, Doon Rd., Ballybunion
,,

T. Barrett
23 Rock Street, Tralee
Grader Driver.

J. Lyons
Bealkelly, Lixnaw
,, ,,

P. Scanlon
Glouria, Lisselton
,, ,,

M. Prendergast
Cashen, Ballyduff
Dozer Driver.

W. Doyle
Ballygologue, Listowel
Helper Driver.

J. O'Sullivan
Church Road, Ballybunion
,, ,,

G. Costello
Dromin, Ballybunion
Trainee Driver.

W. Gulian
Ballyeagh, Ballybunion
,, ,,

E. O'Connor
Ballyeasa, Ballybunion
,, ,,

M. Culhane
East End, Ballybunion
Tradesman's Helper.

D. Enright
Derryco, Ballyduff
Charge Hand.

D. Healy
Gortnaskeha, Ballybunion
,, ,,

M. Murphy
East End, Ballybunion
,, ,,

J. Bennett
Ahafona, Ballybunion
Labourer.

P. Costello
East End, Ballybunion
,,

J.J. Culhane
East End, Ballybunion
,,

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[475][476]J. Enright
Ballyeagh, Ballybunion
Labourer

J. Enright
Cloghane, Ballyduff
,,

M. Enright
East End, Ballybunion
,,

M. Galvin
Gortacrossane, Listowel
,,

T. Gorman
Kilmore, Ballyduff
,,

J.J. Gorman
Cashen, Ballyduff
,,

J. Houlihan
The Glen, Ballybunion
,,

T. Keating
Kilmore, Ballyduff
,,

T. Kelly
Finuge East, Lixnaw
,,

P. Laide
Kilmore, Ballyduff
,,

T. O'Connor
Ennismore, Listowel
,,

T. O'Connor
Rahoonagh, Ballybunion
,,

J. O'Connor
Finuge, Lixnaw
,,

T. Sullivan
Ballyeagh, Ballybunion
,,

M.J. O'Sullivan
Kilmore, Ballyduff
,,

J. Sullivan
Cashen, Ballyduff
,,

T. Sheehy
Finuge, Lixnaw
,,

J. Stack
Knockeen, Listowel
,,

J. Wrenn
Gurtnaskehy, Ballybunion
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M. Beasley
East End, Ballybunion
Watchman.

J. Eddy
Sandhills Road, Ballybunion
Boy Labourer.