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Letter from Roger Casement (The Savoy, Denham, Bucks., England) to [Robert] Donovan, concerning the prosecution of Alderman Cole, 'for having his name on his cart in Irish'.
The Savoy, Denham, Bucks. England.
7 Sept 1905.
Dear Mr O Donovan,
I see that one of your City Councillors has been fined 107 for having his name on his cart in Irish.
Might it not help to throw ridicule on
Letter from Roger Casement (The Savoy, Denham) to [Robert] Donovan, discussing redistribution and Ireland; Ulster Unionist representation; the optimism of Redmond and Dillon; Irish representatives and the English Education Act; and the Liberals.
The Savoy, Denham 20 Sept 1905
Dear Mr Donovan,
Thanks for your letter, I am glad the article is appearing in "Freeman" allright.
Enclosed is the Extract from Herbert Samuel's book dealing with Retribution and Ireland - you will see the force of it - especially when Mr Harry Perth
[Letter from Roger Casement (Ballycastle, Antrim) to [Robert] Donovan, discussing plans for a Press Agency; Irish MPs and Home Rule; an article in the 'Freeman's Journal' on King Leopold's policy in Congo; anti-enlisting; anti-jurying; Irish trade and cus
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Ballycastle, Antrim 28 January 1906
Dear Mr. Donovan,
Many thanks for your letter. I was away from Belfast when it came, taking Miss Alice Milligan, of the Gaelic League, on a lecture tour all round the Antrim Glens.
Mr. Hobson tells me he will not go to Dublin until my suggestion has got a bit further on the way. I fully appreciate your advice and am now
Card from Roger Casement (The Savoy, Denham, Uxbridge) to [Robert] Donovan, requesting a quotation from the 'Freeman's Journal' on the number of Irish in the British Navy in 1797, compared with [1905?]. ✔
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[letterhead with text: The Savoy, Denham, Uxbridge.
Dear M:r Donovan
Some days ago the "Freeman" in its brief sartorial "Notes" had a short paragraph giving the number of {carat: "Irish"} Sailors in the Br[itish] Navy in 1797 & contrasting the numbers then. Some 11,000 and with 7000 Reserves or marines) with the number for last
[Letter from John O'Donovan (Gorey) to Eugene O'Curry (32 Bayview Avenue, Dublin), referring to ordnance surveys of the counties of Limerick and Tipperary; domestic and health issues; and the Orange Lodge in the tower of the Castle at Ferns, run by Willia
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Gorey May 23rd 1840
I received a letter from Mr. Larcom on the 20th instant which gives me to understand that we have to do the County of Limerick this year as well as, and probably before Tipperary. I quote his very words: "Limerick and Tipperary are the other counties for this year, and I am getting up the books of them as fast as I can. Lime rick is the most advanced."
You will therefore get your part of the extracts for that County ready as soon as you can.
I am recovering my strength very rapidly, thank God, but I perspire too much in consequence of wear ing flannel, what I never work before, and I am afraid to throw it off as the weather is yet very uncertain.
I visited the old Castle of Ferns, which is a stupen dous ruin and in all probability as old as the time of Dermot Mac Murrogh. It now belongs to one of the HyFigeinte, a Mr. William Donovan, who has a very extensive estate in the neighbourhood, and who is as great an orangemen as King Dermot himself. He keeps an orange lodge in one of