Report of the O'connell Monument Committee
PWPBn^WV^.. ,!f ^, :w ."^5 •-,-« Return this book on or before the Latest Date stamped below. i;^ ,'.\^ University of Illinois Library NOV 1 i9J8 1 Inl lU' I" THE O'CONNELL MONUMENT. DUBLIN. i EEPOET OF THE O'CONNELL MONUMENT ( OOMMrrTEE, BY VERY KEY. JOHN CANON O'HANLON, P.P., Honorary Secretary. JAMES DUFFY AND CO., Limited, 14 AND 15 Wellington Quay. 1888. f \ PREFACE. The following Report of Proceedings in relation to the origin, prosecution, and erection of the O'Connell National Monument, in the City of Dublin, is the result of a Resolution passed by the General Committee, at one of their latest meetings, July 17th, 1883. It was then ordered, that the Treasurers and Honorary Secretaries should prepare a final Report, and they were empowered to incur any expense necessary for that purpose. The Trustees of the Fund appointed by the Master of the Rolls, July 19th, 1877, were the following gentlemen, viz.:—Alderman Denis Moylan, William Lane Joynt, D.L., Alderman John Campbell, and Edmund Dwyer Gray—the latter being also Honorary Secretary. To carry into effect the foregoing Resolu- tion, William Lane Joynt, Esq., D.L., Edmund Dwyer Gray, Esq., M.P,, and Rev. John O'Hanlon, P.P., were appointed a Sub-Committee, to arrange the details of publication; and, accordingly, they met on the 23rd of November succeeding, when after discussing and considering the best method to be adopted for the purpose, it was resolved, that the Rev. Mr. O'Hanlon be requested to undertake the preparation of the Volume, not to exceed an ordinary octavo in size, the proofe to be submitted to the Committee when ready, and he was authorised to call in any assistance that he might demand.
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