Identity area
Reference code
IE CA CP/3/190/3
Title
Letter from Tom Barry
Date(s)
- 16 May 1966 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
2 pp; manuscript
Context area
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A letter from Tom Barry, 64 St. Patrick’s Street, Cork, to Bartholmew ‘Batt’ Murphy, referring to the death and funeral of the Irish republican Tom Hales. Barry refers to Bartholomew Murphy as ‘an old friend and comrade of Tom and indeed myself’. He also mentions his efforts to erect memorials in honour of Tom Hales.