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IE CA IR-1/2/1
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Letter from Major A.F. Owen Lewis, General Staff Officer, Irish Command, Headquarters to The Governor, Arbour Hill Detention Barracks
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- 30 April 1916 (Creation)
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1 p.; Manuscript
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(17 June 1881-20 Feb. 1962)
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Dated 9.30 am. Letter from Major A.F. Owen Lewis, General Staff Officer, Irish Command, Headquarters to The Governor, Arbour Hill Detention Barracks: ‘Please allow Father [Columbus] Murphy to interview Pearse the rebel leader and any other rebels whom he may wish to see’. On Royal Arms embossed paper. Faded Ink-stamped: Headquarters Ireland.
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Major A. F. Owen Lewis, General Staff Officer, Irish Command, gave evidence before the Hardinge Commission of Inquiry, and was mentioned in dispatches for distinguished services during the Rising.