File 1 - Mainly photocopies of correspondence relating to Irish nationalist volunteers

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IE 2135 P13/2/1/4/1

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Mainly photocopies of correspondence relating to Irish nationalist volunteers

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  • 1 June 1937-4 September 1939 (Creation)

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35 items (40 sheets)

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(Fl. 1980s-2000s)

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Robert Arthur Stradling is professor emeritus of history at Cardiff University, Wales, and a leading authority on the Spanish Civil War. He has published extensively on the topic and made a number of documentaries for Spanish television and BBC Wales.

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Mainly photocopies of correspondence between the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and General Espinosa De Los Monteros, Sub-secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nationalist Zone), L.H. Kerney, Irish Minister of Irish Legation to Spain in San Sebastian, and [H. Shilton] of the British Embassy to Spain in Hendaye, addressing a number of issues including Irish prisoners of war in Spain such as International Brigadiers, Frank Ryan and Andrew Delaney, the death in action of Irish Nationalist volunteers such as Austin O’Reilly and Daithí V. Higgins, and the issue of desertion charges against Irish nationalist volunteer, Andrew O’Toole.

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The material has been arranged chronologically by date.

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  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

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    Available digitally on the University of Limerick Digital Library at https://doi.org/10.34966/uldl.0xa6-ks58.

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    P13/123

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