File 2 - Photocopies of articles in mostly Irish newspapers addressing the Spanish Civil War

76 items (mostly outsize)

Photocopies of articles in number of mostly Irish newspapers including The Congress News, Irish Independent, Limerick Chronicle, Limerick Leader, Cork Examiner, Connacht Tribune, Irish Press, Tuam Herald, Daily Express and Daily Telegraph, addressing the Spanish Civil War, noting recruitment of Eucharistic Congress by Chief Marshall, General Eoin O’Duffy, proposal of an Irish Brigade by O’Duffy, recruitment in Cashel, county Tipperary, the ‘red terror’ in Spain, events in Barcelona, public request for funds by O’Duffy, O’Duffy’s speech at commemoration of death of Michael Collins, volunteers from Oughterard, arrival in Spain, the Dun Aengus ship in distress, on board the S.S. Urundi, letters home from Irish Brigadiers, application of Ballinasloe Urban District Council to repossess the cottage of family of Irish Brigadier, Martin Bradley, issue of non-intervention, life in barracks at Cáceres, accounts of destruction by the ‘Reds’, General Franco’s visit to Madrid front, deaths of Brigadiers Gabriel Padraic Lee and Thomas Foley, lecture on Spanish Civil War by Jesuit priest, Rev. F. Woodlock, the battle for Madrid, and Irish Brigade leaving for home. Includes copies of a series of articles by the Irish Independent Special Correspondent, Gertrude Gaffney.

The material has been listed chronologically by date.

• Béarla

Paper documents in good condition.