P151/ Sean MacEoin Papers I. MILITARY CAREER A. War of Independence, 1917-21 1 September 1917- Cumann na mBan cash book [for the Longford December 1918 area?] recording income and expenditure under general headings such as dances, collections, concerts, flags and badges; and wages, stationery, ribbons, calico and sateen. Included is a statement of Longford election expenses [December 1918] and a list of members’ subscriptions (October 1917-April 1918). 40pp 2 10 January 1918 Copy typescript autographed letter from E. de Valera [to the editors of unidentified newspapers] concerning post-war self- determination. ‘England is alarmed lest the “Heligoland of the Atlantic” should pass out of her hands’. Highlights England’s fundamental inconsistency in applying the principle of freedom of the seas. 2pp 3 24 March 1918 Handwritten note from Irish Volunteers General Headquarters, Dublin, to T. Redington, directing him to give his immediate attention to an unspecified matter, the subject of previous communications. Bottom torn, the signature ‘M. Collins’ added later in a different hand. 1p 4 [1920/1] Typescript copy of a note [by MacEoin?]. ‘Spent Monday night at Joint No. 1 – Mr Devlin’s House in where (sic) there foregathered with me, Liam Tobin, Dicky Barrett of Cork, Garoide O’Sullivan and Emmett Dalton etc. Plenty of fun and plenty of horseplay among these men who were leading haunted existences – and carrying their lives in their hands every hour of the 24’. 1p © UCDA 2000 - 1 - P151/ Sean MacEoin Papers 5 April–[August] 1921 12 letters from MacEoin, Mountjoy Prison, to his sister, mainly of a family nature. He makes arrangements for food to be sent; acknowledges receipt of parcels and letters; mentions visitors he has seen, his health and the progress of his case. ‘I shall be court martialled at the City Hall, Dublin Castle on Wed 8 June at 10 am’ (28 May 1921, 2pp). He refers to executions, includes some news of fellow prisoners for their families, and questions her about work being carried out on the farm. Also refers to his election. ‘…I got several telegrams of congratulation over election as N[orth] Longford representative [in the May1921 general election]. I feel very grateful for the honour conferred & hope that I shall be able to show my gratefulness later’ (16 May 1920, 2pp). 12 items 6 16 April 1921 Letter from MacEoin, Mountjoy Prison, to an unidentified friend, mainly containing family and personal news. ‘I have no news this time at all. All the wounds are healed & I am out at exercise with a good few chaps but I know none of them. I was charged Tuesday last. Several charges but sure they don’t worry me.’ 2pp 7 [April/May 1921] 2 undated letters from MacEoin, Mountjoy Prison, to his mother, both written soon after she had visited him. He hopes the journey home has not overtired her and exhorts her not to visit again as the circumstances upset them both. He discusses his personal requisites and asks her to thank those who have sent him letters and cards. 4pp 8 May 1921 Dáil Éireann Trade Department: copies of 2 orders (18 May 1921, 1p; 27 May 1921, 1p) issued on foot of the Importation and Sale of British Goods Prohibition Order No. 4, specifying goods to which prohibition applies. Includes pictorial calendars as well as tea, coffee, sugar and motor tyres. 2pp © UCDA 2000 - 2 - P151/ Sean MacEoin Papers May-December 1921 Irish Bulletin published daily by Dáil Éireann Publicity Department. Pre-Truce issues focus largely on atrocities, reprisals and murder committed by crown forces, with transcripts of statements by victims and witnesses. Individual issues include an account of MacEoin’s trial and his statement from the dock [P151/16], the prison records of the 130 Republican elected representatives in Dáil Éireann [P151/22], a chronological record of events leading to peace, annotated by MacEoin [P151/23], an account of MacEoin’s continued detention despite the release of all other detained T.D.s [P151/25]. Post-Truce issues focus on the progress of peace moves, partition, pogroms against Catholics in Northern Ireland, and conditions in prisons and internment camps. 9 31 May 1921 vol 4, no 100 5pp 10 1 June 1921 vol 5, no 1 3pp 11 6 June 1921 vol 5, no 4 3pp 12 7 June 1921 vol 5, no 5 3pp 13 8 June 1921 vol 5, no 6 3pp 14 13 June 1921 vol 5, no 9 3pp 15 14 June 1921 vol 5, no 10 4pp 16 15 June 1921 vol 5, no 11 3pp 17 15 June 1921 vol 5, no 11 4pp Supplement: weekly review of the war in Ireland 18 16 June 1921 vol 5, no 12 3pp 19 20 June 1921 vol 5, no 14 4pp © UCDA 2000 - 3 - P151/ Sean MacEoin Papers 20 21 June 1921 vol 5, no 15 4pp 21 28 June 1921 vol 5, no 19 3pp 22 29 June 1921 vol 5, no 20 5pp 23 30 June 1921 vol 5, no 21 4pp 24 5 August 1921 vol 5, no 47 2pp Supplement: weekly review of the war in Ireland 25 8 August 1921 vol 5, no 48 4pp 26 9 August 1921 vol 5, no 49 3pp 27 10 August 1921 vol 5, no 50 1p 28 11 August 1921 vol 5, no 51 3pp 29 11 August 1921 vol 5, no 51 4pp Supplement: weekly review of events in Ireland 30 12 August 1921 vol 5, no 52 4pp 31 17 August 1921 vol 5, no 55 3pp 32 18 August 1921 vol 5, no 56 3pp 33 22 August 1921 vol 5, no 58 3pp 34 23 August 1821 vol 5, no 59 3pp © UCDA 2000 - 4 - P151/ Sean MacEoin Papers 35 24 August 1921 vol 5, no 60 2pp 36 26 August 1921 vol 5, no 62 1p 37 26 August 1921 vol 5, no 62 4pp Supplement: weekly review of events in Ireland 38 29 August 1921 vol 5, no 63 3pp 39 30 August 1921 vol 5, no 64 3pp 40 1 September 1921 vol 5, no 66 3pp 41 2 September 1921 vol 5, no 67 6pp 42 6 September 1921 vol 5, no 69 3pp 43 7 September 1921 vol 5, no 70 2pp 44 9 September 1921 vol 5, no 72 1p 45 12 September 1921 vol 5, no 73 3pp 46 23 September 1921 vol 5, no 82 3pp 47 28 September 1921 vol 5, no 85 2pp 48 6 October 1921 vol 5, no 91 3pp 49 13 October 1921 vol 5, no 96 4pp 50 19 October 1921 vol 5, no 100 3pp © UCDA 2000 - 5 - P151/ Sean MacEoin Papers 51 20 October 1921 vol 6, no 1 2pp 52 20 October 1921 vol 6, no 1 2pp Supplement: weekly review of events in Ireland 53 25 October 1921 vol 6, no 4 5pp 54 26 October 1921 vol 6, no 5 2pp 55 27 October 1921 vol 6, no 6 2pp 56 27 October 1921 vol 6, no 6 2pp Supplement: weekly review of events in Ireland 57 4 November 1921 vol 6, no 12 2pp 58 15 November 1921 vol 6, no 19 2pp 59 24 November 1921 vol 6, no 26 2pp 60 24 November 1921 vol 6, no 26 3pp Supplement: weekly review of events in Ireland 61 25 November 1921 vol 6, no 27 2pp 62 28 November 1921 vol 6, no 28 2pp 63 29 November 1921 vol 6, no 29 2pp 64 1 December 1921 vol 6, no 31 2pp 65 1 December 1921 vol 6, no 31 2pp Supplement: weekly review of events in Ireland © UCDA 2000 - 6 - P151/ Sean MacEoin Papers 66 6 December 1921 vol 6, no 34 1p 67 8 December 1921 vol 6, no 36 1p 68 8 December 1921 vol 6, no 36 2pp Supplement: weekly review of events in Ireland 69 [June 1921] Typescript list headed ‘Points for Letter’ with handwritten annotation on verso ‘Letter for Mr Duff to write to Lord Fitzalan [Lord Lieutenant]’. Points are suggestions towards the formulation of a plea for mitigation of the death sentence passed on MacEoin at his court martial. 1p 70 June-August 1921 45 letters mainly from well-wishers, friends and neighbours, to MacEoin while in prison. Correspondents acknowledge letters received from MacEoin; request permits to be allowed to visit him; arrange to send in food and cigarettes; and enclose news of mutual friends including comrades released from prison. Also includes letters of congratulation after his release and a small number of letters from other prisoners including 3 from Ned Walsh, a prisoner in another wing of Mountjoy, containing prison gossip and commenting on the regime. Folder marked ‘Some of the letters in & out of Mountjoy Prison, 1921. Some official and others thro’ secret channels’ and ‘Checked 1956 SM[acEoin]’. 45 items 71 4 August 1921 Telegram from O Heiggeartugh (sic), Dublin [Diarmaid O hEiceartaigh, Secretary to Dáil Éireann] to MacEoin T.D., Mountjoy Prison, informing him of a meeting of the Dáil on 16 August in the Mansion House. 1 item © UCDA 2000 - 7 - P151/ Sean MacEoin Papers 72 October-December 1921 Longford Brigade Training Officer’s [S. Mac Cuirtín] notes on the scope of his own duties, On general training matters in the brigade, and on specific military subjects such as map reading, the formation of active service units, and the writing of orders. Notes were made in a Field Message Book which also contains some routine brigade communications and notes on individual disciplinary and court martial cases.