Copy of the 'Weekly Irish Bulletin', 3 July 1922, dealing with the Belfast Pogrom. The front-page of the report which was issued by the Dail Eireann Publicity Department, gives statistics relating to the pogrom against Catholics, for example, 'number of Catholics now homeless in Belfast - 3600'. The report also refers to several incidents involving women. 'The Specials opened fire and wounded Mrs Conlon in the arm and eyebrow, and her daughter, Mary Alice Conlon, in the chest. Both Catholics. They were standing in their own door in Bow Street ... On Saturday, 24 June, at 9pm, the mob made a brutal attack on a Catholic girl named Ellen Cooley. She was fired at point-blank by a gang of Orange gunmen ... In the early hours today a bomb, with a time fuse attached, exploded in the house of Mrs McGuigan'.

s 10557

report

Northern Ireland; sectarianism

Copy of the 'Weekly Irish Bulletin', 10 July 1922, dealing with the Belfast Pogrom. The front page of the report gives details of the pogrom against Catholics which started on 21 July 1920. 'Number of Catholics driven from their employment by uniformed specials and armed mobs - 9250; number of Catholics now homeless in Belfast - 3800'. The report also refers to several incidents involving women. 'Monday 3 July - Lizzie McKeown wounded in leg at own door in Foundry Street, Newtownards Road, by Unionist gunmen ... four armed men with revolvers came to the house of Annie McDermott, Catholic, who lives alone at 153 Euston Street. They searched the house, ransacking it thoroughly upsetting furniture, pulling out drawers.. Miss McDermott was dragged by them, all over the house, sometimes by the hair of the head .. Mary Semple, was fired at as she was sitting in her kitchen. The bullets went through the window, wounding her in the left breast'.

s 10557

report

Northern Ireland; sectarianism

Copy of the 'Weekly Irish Bulletin', 17 July 1922, dealing with the Belfast Pogrom. The front page of the report gives details of the pogrom against Catholics which started 21 July 1920. 'Number of Catholics Killed to date - 170; number of Catholics driven from their employment by uniformed specials and armed mobs - 9250 and number of Catholics now homeless in Belfast - 3800'. The report also includes several incidents involving women. 'Specials raided Mrs McDemott's house, 28 Lady Street. They were all drunk, and used very insulting language towards the people of the house. There were three women and three children in the house'.

s 10557

report

Northern Ireland; sectarianism

Copy of the 'Weekly Irish Bulletin', 24 July 1922, dealing with the Belfast Pogrom. The front page of the report gives details of the pogrom against Catholics which started on 21 July 1920. 'Number of Catholics driven from their employment by uniformed specials and armed mobs - 9250; number of Catholics similarly driven from their homes - 23960 and number of Catholics now homeless in Belfast - 3800'. The report also refers to several incidents involving women. ' An Orange mob came from Dale Street and attacked the houses of three Catholics - Mrs McKinley, Mrs Robinson and Mrs McKeown. A military picket who looked on did not interfere ... Mrs Fitzpatrick, 5 Parkmount Street Terrace, York Road, has received a second notice. She is the only Catholic left in the locality ... an unsuccessful attempt was made by three members of the Ulster Special Constabulary to force an entrance into the house of Mrs Logue, the wife of Edward Logue, who is presently interned on the Belfast Government's ship in Belfast Lough'.

s 10557

report

Northern Ireland; sectarianism

Newsclipping from the 'Irish Press', 11 April 1938, containing an article entitled 'Ireland pays tribute to apostle of temperance: Distinguished Congregation'. The article refers to the Mass which was celebrated in memory of Theobald Mathew, the leader of the temperance movement, at the Capuchin Church, Church Street, Dublin. The article lists the dignitaries who were in attendance, including, 'Senator Miss Pearse and Mrs Nix'. The article also outlines the content of an address made by Rev Dr Lyons at the Mansion House in Dublin. In his address he cited the work of the writer, Mrs SC Hall. 'His manner is persuasive to a degree, simple, and easy and humble, without a shadow of affectation'. A concert followed the address at which the following artists performed: Misses L Coates, the Comerford Troupe of Dancers and Miss Julia Gray. A mass was also celebrated in Cork, where Theobald Mathew's relatives were in attendance. 'Miss Mathew, who was presented with the palm, is a grand-niece of the apostle of temperance ... there was also present Miss Kate O'Sullivan, grand-niece of Father Mathew, who lives in Dublin. She was daughter of the late Dr Stephen O'Sullivan, Cork, a well-known medical man'.

s 10568

newsclipping

temperance; Catholic Church; writers

Memorandum from the Department of Finance to the Government, 15 March 1938, in relation to an application for re-admission to the Civil Service after absence in a religious order. Miss Hamell's case is outlined. 'Miss Nancy Hamell, formerly a Clerical Officer serving in the Department of Lands. Prior to her resignation in September, 1936, Miss Hamell intimated that she was about to enter a religious order. Satisfactory evidence has been furnished that she took practical steps to give effect to her purpose'. The Minister for Lands recommends her application for favourable consideration.

s 10573

memorandum

Copy letter to the Private Secretary to the Minister for Finance, from P O'Cinneide, 19 March 1938, regarding an application for readmission to the Civil Service from Miss Nancy Hamell, formerly a Clerical Officer serving in the Department of Lands, who had resigned from the Service for the purpose of entering a religious order. 'It was considered and decided by the Government that it would be in the public interest that Miss Hamell should be appointed as a Clerical Officer'.

s 10573

letter

Extract from Government minutes, 18 March 1938, regarding the reinstatement of Miss Nancy Hamell in the Civil Service. 'It was considered and decided that it would be in the public interest that Miss Nancy Hamell, who had resigned from the Service for the purpose of entering a religious order, should be appointed as a Clerical Officer'.

s 10573

minutes

Report of the Department of Local Government and Public Health, 1936 to 1937, presented to Dail Eireann, March 1938. This report outlines developments and gives statistics in relation to local finance and general administration; public health; housing and public assistance.
Pages 23 to 24, refer to the establishment of a hospital library service. Miss M ffrench-Mullen is listed as a member of the Hospital Library Council. Miss C Keogh, Librarian of the Central Library for Students, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Council.
Pages 56 to 64, examine the rates of tuberculosis throughout the country. The report also refers to the manner in which the disease is treated. 'During the year under review 275 nurses were employed in connection with the approved schemes for the treatment of tuberculosis'.
Maternity and Child Welfare Schemes are discussed within the report. 'The problem of maternal mortality has for a long time been a cause of the greatest concern. Notwithstanding the attention it has received no substantial reduction in the death rate from pregnancy or child-bearing has taken place in recent years'. Statistics are given for the death rates of mothers, for example, 'the highest death rates from this cause [puerperal sepsis] in county boroughs was reached in Dublin (1.9 per 1000 births) and Waterford (1.5)'. The administration of the medical and midwifery services is outlined. 'The midwives appointed throughout the country under the Medical Charities Acts are available in adequate numbers for attending the confinements of necessitous mothers ... the total number of practising midwives in 1936 was therefore 2145 ... the rules of the Central Midwives Board provide that in all cases of illness of the patient or of any abnormality during pregnancy, labour or lying-in, the midwife must forthwith call in a registered medical practitioner'.
Statistics in relation to homes for unmarried mothers are given on pages145 to 147. 'Homes for unmarried mothers - the number of unmarried mothers in poor law institutions on 31 March 1937, was 859, the number maintained by extern institutions by poor law authorities 320. Pelletstown - there were 167 mothers and 568 children in this home 31 March 1937'. A table on page 146 gives statistics in relation to Besboro Home, Sean Ross Abbey and Manor House, for example, 'number of births in Sean Ross Abbey - 120 and number of deaths of children 60'.

s 10576

report

Memorandum from the Department of Education to the Department of the Taoiseach, 15 March 1938, regarding the problem of unemployment amongst national teachers and proposed remedial measures. The memorandum is based on the findings of a Departmental Committee which examined the problem and made recommendations with a view to their absorption into the Service. It states that the two women's colleges, Blackrock, County Dublin and Limerick, have accommodation for 300 students. 'The approximate number of Catholic men and women trained at home who have not obtained permanent employment as Principal or Assistant is 305 men and 240 women; in addition, 55 women have had to be content with the position of Junior Assistant Mistress, which carries a lower salary'.

s 10577

memorandum