| ID | 10166 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Erskine Childers Papers |
| Reference | TCDMs7829/1-44 |
| Description | Papers concerning the trial, death and burial of Erskine Childers. The collection includes: Letters from Sean O h-Uadhaigh, Swift Chambers, 22 Eustace Street, Dublin to Mrs Erskine Childers: 14 November 1922 22 December 1922 20 April 1933. Letter from Liam Lynch to Miss [Maire] Comerford, 16 November 1922 (copy). Letter from Gearoid O'Suilleavan (sic), Adjutant General to M A Childers, 24 November 1922. Letter from M A Childers to [Harry ?], no date (copy). Report by M A Childers of a conversation with Mr Sean O h-Uadhaigh, solicitor, relating to his intervention with Tim Healy about the 11 December planned executions, 16 December 1922. Account by M A Childers of her husband's life and work, [before 24 November 1922]. Extracts from R E Childers's last letter to his wife used by the Director of Publicity with her consent, [after 24 November 1922]. Letters from Aodh Mac Neill, Office of Adjutant General to M A Childers: 13 October 1924 22 October 1922. Letters from Austin De Staic to M A Childers: 22 October 1924 23 October 1924. M A Childers to `My Darlings', [E Childers' former colleagues], 25 October 1924. May Coghlan to M A Childers, 26 October 1924. M A Childers to the Archbishop of Dublin, Edward Byrne, [27 October 1924] with a number of other letters by M A Childers to unknown recipients. The collection also includes messages of sympathy addressed to M A Childers from, among others, Muriel MacSwiney, (Washington). There are 44 items in total. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1922-1933 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | Trinity College Dublin, Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Address | Old Library Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 PN40 |
| Telephone | (01) 896-1189 |
| Telephone 2 | (01) 896-3384 |
| Email Address | mscripts@tcd.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.tcd.ie/library/research-collections/manuscripts.php |
| Comment | The information listed from this repository has been extracted from lists available in the archives. The lists were compiled by staff of Trinity College, Dublin Library and we are grateful for their assistance. Due to time constraints not all items in this repository were examined individually. We are grateful to Felicity O'Mahony for providing information on items and collections added since 1999. |
| latitude | 53.34401 |
| longitude | -6.25684 |