Miss MacSwiney advocates Irish freedom before committee
Miss Muriel MacSwiney, widow of the Cork lord mayor, testifies before the commission on Irish independence. She argues that Sinn Fein courts govern much of Ireland, denies religious persecution, and defends Irish willingness to seek German aid in 1916 if necessary, while stressing a distinct Irish identity and republican governance.
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Ireland
England
Eamon de Valera
Cuba
United States
Sinn Fein
Irish Volunteers
Volunteers
Westminster
Muriel MacSwiney
Miss MacSwiney
America
Germany
Europe
France
Frank P. Walsh
Commission
Great Britain
Ulster
Mary MacSwiney testifies Sinn Fein dominates Ireland in Washington hearing
Mary MacSwiney tells the Villard committee in Washington that Sinn Fein is the majority across Ireland outside Ulster and that Sinn Fein courts operate widely. She notes Gaelic language teaching, Irish Industrial Development Society efforts, and her brother Terence MacSwiney’s Republican stance rather than full Sinn Fein membership.
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Dublin
Miss MacSwiney
Cork
Terence
Frank P. Walsh
Redmondite
Ulster
All Ireland
Ireland
Terence MacSwiney
Irish Industrial Development Society
United States
British embassy blocks visit of Irish inquiry committee
Washington December 8 The six member special committee seeking firsthand Irish condition data will not be allowed to travel to Great Britain. The British embassy cites government disapproval and cites prior ambassadorial remarks about needing quiet in Ireland and evidence rules.
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Washington
Committee of One Hundred
England
Ireland
Great Britain
William macDonald
R. L. Craigie
American State Department
Craigie
MacDonald
Oliver P. Newman
Norman Thomas
Arthur Gleason
New York
James H. Maurer
United Kingdom
Sir Auckland Geddes
De Valera Claims US Laws Govern His Activities
Eamonn De Valera, recently ill in New York, dictated from his bed a statement defending his actions as within United States laws and customs and asserting that a British protest in the House of Commons by Andrew Bonar Law will not alter his plans. The statement addresses Law’s remarks and reinforces De Valera’s stance amid international attention.
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U. S
New York
Eamonn de Valera
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
De Valera Defends Ireland Rights Amid Anglophobic Claims
In a provocative statement the Irish leader says his activities in America are pro Irish justice, not anti British, and blames English actions for straining Anglo American ties. He asserts his work stays within American law and criticizes Bonar Law and Lloyd George. The report notes New Orleans plans a ten mile flower bed belt around the city.
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Ireland
Britain
Vr. Bonar Law
Lloyd George
England
America
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Mary MacSwiney
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Hallet & Davis: Piano Co
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Waltham Riverside
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