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Ireland (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 668 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198A/38
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Letter from Sir Shane Leslie [Cousin to WSC] (Glaslough, County Monaghan, [Eire]) to Desmond [? Desmond Morton, Personal Assistant to WSC] suggesting that WSC and CSC might want to see his daughter Anita who has been in Alsace [France] all winter and has the Croix de Guerre and the Maquis medal: "Anita arrived here on Friday and neutrality was horribly infringed by playing bands and cheering crowds!". With annotation by ?WSC referring matter to CSC.

Dates: 19 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open, with the exception of folios 63 and 202 which have been closed on the instructions of the Cabinet Office under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act but are available in 'sanitised' form. Review 2021.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229A/35-36
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Letter from Captain Charles Craig (Old Brewery House, Malmesbury, Wiltshire) to WSC thanking him on behalf of "thousands upon thousands" of Ulstermen for comments WSC has made on Ulster's war contribution, recalling a visit by WSC to Belfast [Ulster, Ireland, in February 1912], commenting on his own war work, and on Irish politics. [signed manuscript; annotated by WSC's Private Office].

Dates: 14 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/90
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC attaching a draft letter to the Chairman of the Production Executive on Ulster's [Northern Ireland] contribution in manpower and industry to the war effort. [Copy; given running number 215B].

Dates: 22 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/98
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on Sir William Beveridge drawing attention to the neglect of Ulster [Northern Ireland] in the war effort. [Copy; given running number 209A].

Dates: 17 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/169
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC attaching a draft minute to Home Secretary [Herbert Morrison] on Northern Ireland's contribution to the war effort. [annotated copy; given running number 286A].

Dates: 24 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/208
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on possible reasons behind the lower contribution of industrial labour in Northern Ireland to the war effort. [Copy; given running number 312].

Dates: 03 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/210-211
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC attaching a draft minute to the Home Secretary [Herbert Morrison] suggesting means of involving the government of Northern Ireland in order to increase war production there. [Copy; given running number 313A].

Dates: 04 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/4
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" informing him that King George VI has now decided to visit Ulster [Northern Ireland] during the Berlin [Germany] Conference [Potsdam Conference].

Dates: 01 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/16
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Letter from Eleanor Emery [Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Dominions] (Dominions Office) to [John] Peck [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] enclosing a copy of a letter containing a message for the King [George VI] and WSC from the Bezaleel Masonic Lodge of Douglas, Cork [Ireland]. [signed].

Dates: 17 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/226/17
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Letter from C Norman McBurney, Junior (Bezaleel Masonic Lodge, Douglas, Cork [Ireland]) to Sir John Maffey [later 1st Lord Rugby, UK Representative to Eire] (Dublin) requesting Maffey conveys the "sincere good wishes" of the members of the Lodge to the King [George VI] and WSC. [Copy].

Dates: [May] 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/68
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Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" expressing his concern over the political repercussions of an agreement on aviation between the United States and the Government of Eire, which he thought neither Roosevelt or Edward Stettinius [Secretary of State, United States] supported; and appealing for the annulment of the agreement. Photocopy.

Dates: 06 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/126-127
Scope and Contents Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that the failure of the Chicago [United States] Conference on Civil Aviation to reach a multilateral agreement made it necessary for the United States to come to bilateral agreements, such as that with Ireland [Eire]; that he fully approves of the State Department's action in signing the agreement; that it will not be annulled; and that although he understands WSC's concern on political grounds, regarding...
Dates: 16 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Apr 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/75-76
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Letter from Thomas Macnamara [Financial Secretary to the Admiralty] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with a report on his visit to the naval base on Haulbowline Island [County Cork, Ireland].

Dates: 17 Apr 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/73
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Letter from C B Lochner (United Service Club, Pall Mall [London]) to WSC, explaining that he has taken part in a series of unofficial talks with Eamon De Valera [President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, later Ireland] and other politicians, and was glad to hear WSC suggest a special day for discussing the Irish situation. He encloses papers from his own private files [not present] which he thinks might be of interest. Manuscript.

Dates: 21 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/74
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Letter from C B Lochner (United Service Club, Pall Mall [London]) to WSC, enclosing his report [not present] for 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg, the Lord Chancellor] on the conversations which Lochner had with Eamon De Valera [President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, later Ireland] when going over the draft Treaty of Reconciliation. Manuscript.

Dates: 22 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Jul 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/101
Scope and Contents Letter from John Gretton [Conservative MP for Burton, Staffordshire] (35 Belgrave Square [London]) to WSC, suggesting that contrary to WSC's opinion that there would be no division in the Irish debate, the Government's reply might be so unsatisfactory that they would have to go into the division lobby as a protest. Gretton adds that he has written to the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin] about it, is sending a notice of the debate to all their friends, and hopes to get some of the press to...
Dates: 05 Jul 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/5/30-32
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to David Lloyd George [Chancellor of the Exchequer], on Ireland and the Land Question, also on the survival of the Government, stating that a breakdown would be fatal as Home Rule, the Welsh Church, the Franchise, the Insurance Act and the Parliament Act would all founder together. WSC states his feeling that the Government would survive if they could avoid quarrelling among themselves, they did not "play the fool" over women's suffrage, and did not come to bloodshed over...
Dates: 21 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jul 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/5/60
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Letter from WSC to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], on the Irish question and the outbreak of war. [Manuscript copy in letter book].

Dates: 22 Jul 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/164
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Sir John Anderson, [Governor of Bengal (later parts of Bangladesh and India), later 1st Lord Waverley] with thanks for his letter of introduction for [? Ghanshyam] Birla; commenting that by the time he received the letter the India Bill would be through the House of Lords, and that he was very glad not to share Anderson's responsibilities in connection with it. Also commenting that the Irish Free State [later Ireland] had gone all wrong but the loss of Ireland was petty...
Dates: 17 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/239/60-66
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Cuttting from The Belfast News-Letter Jubilee Supplement "Ireland During the King's Reign".

Dates: 04 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/172/73
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Telegram from WSC to Prime Ministers of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa marked "Personal, Private and Top Secret" stating that the War Cabinet has decided not to invite Southern Ireland [Eire/Ireland] to the Conference at Ottawa [Canada] on Civil Aviation and suggesting that the geographical position of Ireland in post-war aviation will be insignificant.

Dates: 01 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/172/74
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Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] marked "Personal, Private and Top Secret" appealing for support for his policy towards Southern Ireland [Eire/Ireland] and the Conference at Ottawa [Canada] on Civil Aviation. Copy.

Dates: 01 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/172/75
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Telegram from WSC to Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] marked "Personal, Private and Top Secret" appealing for acceptance of his policy towards Southern Ireland [Eire/Ireland] and the Conference at Ottawa [Canada] on Civil Aviation. Copy.

Dates: 01 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/172/76
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Telegram from WSC to John Curtin [Prime Minister of Australia] marked "Personal, Private and Top Secret" appealing for understanding of his policy towards Southern Ireland [Eire/Ireland] and the Conference at Ottawa [Canada] on Civil Aviation. Copy.

Dates: 01 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.