Reference code
IE CA IR-1/7/3/24
Title
Where lies the blame?: A reprint of a letter written in reply to a constituent / by Mr. Laurence Ginnell, T.D.
Date(s)
- c.1922 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
[1] 2-8 pp; Printed and typescript
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A pamphlet written by Laurence Ginnell (1854-1923) who opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty that was ratified by the Dáil in January 1922. He was elected as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin TD for the constituency of Longford-Westmeath at the 1922 general election on the eve of the Civil War. Imprint date based on p. 4. With typescript letter from Ginnell to the Most Rev. Edward Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin, referring to the ‘murder gang’ employed by the Free State Provisional Government. 14 Sept. 1922.