1941

Doc No. 1 16 January 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Francis T. Cremins

Death of James Joyce

Doc No. 2 14 January 1941 - From Francis T. Cremins To Joseph P. Walshe

Death of James Joyce

Doc No. 3 18 January 1941 - From Francis T. Cremins To Joseph P. Walshe

Death of James Joyce

Doc No. 4 5 February 1941 - From Francis T. Cremins To Joseph P. Walshe

Circumstances of Joyce family

Doc No. 5 6 February 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

Situation in Berlin

Doc No. 6 11 February 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Meeting with Lord Halifax

Doc No. 7 12 February 1941 - From Michael MacWhite To Joseph P. Walshe

Circumstances of Irish Legation in Rome

Doc No. 8 21 February 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

German opinion on Ireland

Doc No. 9 17 February 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

British-Irish defence co-operation

Doc No. 10 19 February 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

British attitude to Irish neutrality

Doc No. 11 20 February 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

United States attitudes to Irish neutrality

Doc No. 12 24 February 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Aiken to leave for United States

Doc No. 13 25 to 28 February 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To William Warnock

Instructions of duties in case of invasion

Doc No. 14 1 February 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Frank Aiken

The Treaty Ports and the Battle of the Atlantic – Britain's claims

Doc No. 15 28 February 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Frank Aiken

Propaganda and counter-propaganda in the United States

Doc No. 16 28 February 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Frank Aiken

State Department attitude towards Ireland

Doc No. 17 28 February 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

American views on the war and the possibility of United States involvement

Doc No. 18 1 March 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

Conversations with MacDonald and Thomas

Doc No. 19 1 March 1941 - From Seán Murphy To Joseph P. Walshe

Politics and outlook in France

Doc No. 20 4 March 1941 - From Eamon de Valera To Franklin D. Roosevelt

Introducing Frank Aiken

Doc No. 21 6 March 1941 - From Frank Aiken To Colonel Bill Donovan

Meeting with Colonel Donovan and discussion on Irish neutrality

Doc No. 22 7 March 1941 - From Colonel Liam Archer To Joseph P. Walshe

Clissmann-Mulcahy-Kerney correspondence

Doc No. 23 10 March 1941

British-Irish defence co-operation

Doc No. 24 14 March 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

de Valera's Dáil statement on British-Irish relations

Doc No. 25 15 March 1941 - From Department of External Affairs To Robert Brennan

Aiken's United States mission

Doc No. 26 18 March 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

Enquiry from Maffey on radio transmitters and on Hans Marschner

Doc No. 27 19 March 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

Ireland's financial contribution to the League of Nations

Doc No. 28 20 March 1941 - From James J McElligott

Membership of the League of Nations

Doc No. 29 21 March 1941

Financial contribution to the League of Nations

Doc No. 30 21 March 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

The Focke-Wulf Condor/Radar

Doc No. 31 26 March 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Aiken's meeting with Sumner Welles

Doc No. 32 26 March 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Instructions for Aiken

Doc No. 33 27 March 1941 - From Colonel Liam Archer To Oscar Traynor

Defence Forces officers' visit to RAF in Belfast

Doc No. 34 29 March 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

Discussion with Maffey on military matters relating to British-Irish relations

Doc No. 35 1 April 1941 - From Colonel Patrick Mulcahy

Discussion with Air Commodore Carr

Doc No. 36 1 April 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Progress of Aiken’s mission

Doc No. 37 2 April 1941 - From Denis Devlin

Meeting between Aiken and Acheson

Doc No. 38 7 April 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Meeting between Aiken and Roosevelt

Doc No. 39 8 April 1941 - From John A. Belton To Joseph P. Walshe

Lunch given by de Valera to Menzies

Doc No. 40 10 April 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Meeting between Aiken and Roosevelt

Doc No. 41 12 April 1941 - From Colonel Patrick Mulcahy To Colonel Liam Archer

Conversation with RAF personnel visiting Baldonnel

Doc No. 42 17 April 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

Luftwaffe air raids on Belfast

Doc No. 43 18 April 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

Position of Irish nationals in Britain under emergency powers regulations

Doc No. 44 19 April 1941 - From Colonel Liam Archer To Major General Dan McKenna

Discussion with Pryce over British-Irish defence measures and the defence of Ireland

Doc No. 45 21 April 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

Conversation with Maffey on the war situation and air raids on Belfast

Doc No. 46 22 April 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

American pressure on Ireland

Doc No. 47 22 April 1941 - From Department of External Affairs To Robert Brennan

Progress of Aiken’s American mission

Doc No. 48 23 April 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

Conversation with Sir Robert Menzies

Doc No. 49 28 April 1941 - From Eamon de Valera

Meeting with Gray – American pressure on Ireland

Doc No. 50 29 April 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Difficulties facing Aiken’s American mission

Doc No. 51 1 May 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Difficulties facing Aiken’s American mission

Doc No. 52 1 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Advice from Dublin on Aiken’s American mission

Doc No. 53 2 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Advice from Dublin on Aiken’s American mission

Doc No. 54 2 May 1941 - From John Leydon To Joseph P. Walshe

British-Irish trade and shipping relations

Doc No. 55 5 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Francis T. Cremins

Financial position of family of James Joyce

Doc No. 56 6 May 1941

Arming of Irish merchant shipping

Doc No. 57 6 May 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

German air raids on Liverpool and Greenock

Doc No. 58 8 May 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

Churchill’s inner circle/views on the war effort

Doc No. 59 8 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Attacks by David Gray on Irish neutrality

Doc No. 60 13 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

United States pressure on Ireland to abandon neutrality

Doc No. 61 13 May 1941 - From John A. Belton To Thomas J. Kiernan

Opening of Iveagh House

Doc No. 62 17 May 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

Rudolf Hess

Doc No. 63 17 May 1941 - From Kathleen O'Connell To David Gray

De Valera’s disagreement with Gray’s view on Irish neutrality

Doc No. 64 20 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Hugh C. Brady

German radio broadcasts to Ireland/Edouard Hempel

Doc No. 65 20 May 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Progress of Aiken’s American mission

Doc No. 66 21 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Irish shipping requirements

Doc No. 67 21 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

Proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 68 22 May 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

Meeting with Churchill over planned introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 69 22 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 70 23 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

Dulanty’s meeting with Sinclair over planned introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 71 23 May 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 72 23 May 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 73 24 May 1941

Proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 74 24 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

Dulanty’s meeting with Beaverbrook over planned introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 75 24 May 1941 - From Eamon de Valera To Archbishop Daniel Mannix

Proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 76 24 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

Assistance given by Ireland to Britain in relation to the waging of the Second World War

Doc No. 77 25 May 1941 - From Eamon de Valera To David Gray

Meeting with Gray over the proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 78 26 May 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

De Valera’s message to Churchill over the proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland and Churchill’s response

Doc No. 79 26 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

De Valera’s message to Churchill over the proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland and Churchill’s response

Doc No. 80 27 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

Dulanty’s meeting with Bevan over planned introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 81 27 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland dropped

Doc No. 82 28 May 1941 - From John J. Hearne To Joseph P. Walshe

Canadian involvement in conscription crisis

Doc No. 83 30 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To John J. Hearne

Canadian involvement in conscription crisis

Doc No. 84 30 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

American assurances to Ireland over Irish neutrality

Doc No. 85 30 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Leopold H. Kerney

Transatlantic air services

Doc No. 86 31 May 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

German air raid on Dublin (North Strand)

Doc No. 87 2 June 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To William Warnock

Protest to German government over Luftwaffe bombing of Dublin

Doc No. 88 3 June 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Request for purchase of ships and a supply of arms from the United States

Doc No. 89 4 June 1941 - From John J. Hearne To Joseph P. Walshe

Canadian involvement in conscription crisis – role of Mackenzie King

Doc No. 90 5 June 1941 - From John J. Hearne To Joseph P. Walshe

Canadian involvement in conscription crisis – role of Mackenzie King

Doc No. 91 5 June 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

German inquiry into the North Strand bombing

Doc No. 92 7 June 1941 - From Eamon de Valera To Archbishop Daniel Mannix

Proposed introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 93 9 June 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

Resumption of transatlantic air services

Doc No. 94 10 June 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

German inquiry into the North Strand bombing

Doc No. 95 13 June 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Kees van Hoek

Public profile of the Department of External Affairs

Doc No. 96 14 June 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To William Warnock

Emergency instructions to Legation due to war situation

Doc No. 97 16 June 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert C Ferguson

Defensive arming of Irish merchant shipping

Doc No. 98 17 June 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

United States intentions regarding entry into the Second World War

Doc No. 99 17 June 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Request that Aiken return to Ireland

Doc No. 100 19 June 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

German apology over North Strand bombing

Doc No. 101 20 June 1941 - From Michael MacWhite To Joseph P. Walshe

Russo-German relations

Doc No. 102 24 June 1941 - From Denis R. McDonald To Joseph P. Walshe

Impressions of wartime life in Britain and the state of public opinion

Doc No. 103 1 July 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Ireland’s stance if invaded

Doc No. 104 1 July 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Hugh C. Brady

Broadcasts to Ireland by ‘Lord Haw Haw’

Doc No. 105 2 July 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Thomas J. Kiernan

Appointment of a Chargé d’Affaires to the Holy See

Doc No. 106 2 July 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

German invasion of the Soviet Union

Doc No. 107 5 July 1941 - From Michael MacWhite To Joseph P. Walshe

Russian resistance to invading German forces

Doc No. 108 8 July 1941

British-Irish trade relations

Doc No. 109 11 July 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Instructions to counter Roosevelt’s remarks on Irish neutrality

Doc No. 110 15 July 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Summary of public assurances of Irish neutrality by Irish politicians

Doc No. 111 22 July 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To William Warnock

Establishment of United States bases in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 112 25 July 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

German views on the Second World War

Doc No. 113 2 August 1941 - From Frank Aiken To Joseph P. Walshe

Opposition to the collection of funds in the United States for Ireland

Doc No. 114 5 August 1941 - From Frank Aiken

Account of mission to the United States

Doc No. 115 7 August 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Visit from Myles Dillon

Doc No. 116 7 August 1941 - From Michael Rynne To Joseph P. Walshe

Belligerent radio transmitters on neutral territory

Doc No. 117 13 August 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Thomas J. Kiernan

Difficulties in the appointment of a Minister to the Vatican

Doc No. 118 14 August 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

Public opinion in Germany/War in Russia

Doc No. 119 16 August 1941 - From Thomas J. Kiernan To Joseph P. Walshe

Difficulties in the appointment of a Minister to the Vatican

Doc No. 120 25 August 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

United States will not make ships available to Ireland

Doc No. 121 25 August 1941 - From Michael MacWhite To Joseph P. Walshe

Charles Bewley

Doc No. 122 27 August 1941 - From John W. Dulanty To Joseph P. Walshe

Release of Brendan Behan from Borstal in Britain

Doc No. 123 4 September 1941 - From Frederick H. Boland To Joseph P. Walshe

Telephone communications with Northern Ireland

Doc No. 124 6 September 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

United States policy towards Ireland

Doc No. 125 11 September 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To David Gray

Replies to questions from Gray on Irish neutrality and attitude to the Second World War

Doc No. 126 12 September 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To John W. Dulanty

Irish applicants to the Royal Air Force

Doc No. 127 12 September 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To John W. Dulanty

Defence of Shannon Airport

Doc No. 128 16 September 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

Dealing with Gray’s accusations

Doc No. 129 17 September 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

Air raids on Berlin/War in Russia

Doc No. 130 9 October 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

‘An outline of the duties of the Irish Minister to the Vatican’

Doc No. 131 14 October 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

American bases and troops in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 132 14 October 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Views of Walshe and Fr Donovan on David Gray/Cardinal MacRory’s views on Nazi Germany

Doc No. 133 20 October 1941 - From Colonel Dan Bryan

Interview with Leopold H. Kerney re Frank Ryan

Doc No. 134 20 October 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Sir John Maffey

Conversation with Maffey on Churchill’s attitude to supplying arms to Ireland

Doc No. 135 26 October 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

German radio broadcasts to Ireland/War in Russia

Doc No. 136 27 October 1941 - From Department of External Affairs

Steps to be taken in the event of Irish involvement in hostilities

Doc No. 137 28 October 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To William Warnock

German aerial bombing of Irish territory

Doc No. 138 31 October 1941 - From Francis T. Cremins To Joseph P. Walshe

Paul Leon and James Joyce

Doc No. 139 1 November 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

German aerial bombing of Irish territory

Doc No. 140 3 November 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

Deployment of United States forces to Northern Ireland

Doc No. 141 4 November 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To David Gray

Allegations of Irish-American Catholics as members of the Ku Klux Klan

Doc No. 142 6 November 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Protest to establishment of American bases in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 143 7 November 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

American views on the progress of the war and on Japan’s intentions

Doc No. 144 7 November 1941 - From William Warnock To Joseph P. Walshe

Paul Leon

Doc No. 145 12 November 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

‘The Recent Bombing of our Ships’

Doc No. 146 12 November 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

German attacks on Irish merchant shipping

Doc No. 147 15 November 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

United States’ bases in Northern Ireland

Doc No. 148 16 November 1941 - From Delia Kiernan To Kathleen O'Connell

Settling in to life in wartime Rome

Doc No. 149 21 November 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To William Warnock

Paul Leon

Doc No. 150 28 November 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

‘The Case of Mr X’ (Hermann Görtz)

Doc No. 151 2 December 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

Praise of de Valera and Ireland’s neutrality

Doc No. 152 4 December 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

‘The Case of Hermann Görtz’

Doc No. 153 5 December 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

Supply of military equipment to Ireland and view of the Dominions Office on the matter

Doc No. 154 8 December 1941 - From Winston Churchill To Eamon de Valera

‘Now or Never. A Nation once again’

Doc No. 155 Undated - From Eamon de Valera

Reaction to Churchill’s telegram

Doc No. 156 8 December 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into the Second World War

Doc No. 157 10 December 1941 - From Sir John Maffey To Lord Cranborne

Reaction to Churchill’s telegram

Doc No. 158 1 December 1941 - From Eamon de Valera

De Valera’s reply to Churchill’s telegram – Proposed visit to Dublin by Lord Cranborne

Doc No. 159 17 April 1950 - From Frederick H. Boland To Maurice Moynihan

Recalls the events of the night of 8 December 1941 and the receipt of Churchill’s telegram to de Valera, seeking further information from Walshe

Doc No. 160 4 May 1950 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Frederick H. Boland

Recalls the events of the night of 8 December 1941 and the receipt of Churchill’s telegram to de Valera

Doc No. 161 10 December 1941 - From Eamon de Valera To David Gray

Acknowledges a state of war between USA and Japan

Doc No. 162 11 December 1941 - From Matthew Murphy To Joseph P. Walshe

Pearl Harbor and the reaction in San Francisco

Doc No. 163 12 December 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe

de Valera’s reply to Churchill’s telegram – Proposed visit to Dublin by Lord Cranborne

Doc No. 164 15 December 1941 - From Robert Brennan To Joseph P. Walshe

United States reaction to de Valera’s speech on the entry of the United States into the Second World War

Doc No. 165 15 December 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Eamon de Valera

Meeting with Hempel – Irish attitudes on the entry of the United States into the Second World War

Doc No. 166 1 December 1941 - From Eamon de Valera

'General impression of conversation with Lord Cranborne'

Doc No. 167 23 December 1941 - From Joseph P. Walshe To Robert Brennan

Adverse United States press comment towards Ireland

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