Reference code
IE CA CP/3/17/1/10
Title
Speech made by His Lordship the Most Rev. Dr. O’Dwyer on the occasion of the conferring of the freedom of the city of Limerick on him, on the 14th September, 1916
Date(s)
- 1916 (Creation)
Level of description
Part
Extent and medium
16 pp
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A reprint of a speech made by Edward O’Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick, in 1916 thanking the city for bestowing the honour of freedom of the City of Limerick on him and calling for an end to British rule in Ireland; he indicates his support of the Easter Rising. The tone is strongly nationalist throughout.