Galway in Days Gone By
Galway In Days Gone By
1921
Peace and harmony
Mr. Martin Moloney presided at a meeting of the Galway Urban Council on Thursday. Present: Messrs. P. Colohan, M. T. Donnellan, W. Flaherty, J. S. Young, and T. C. McDonogh.
Mr. Young stated that he had drafted a resolution that he would like to put before the meeting, as the time had come when they would all like to see that peace and harmony would exist in our unfortunate country.
A great man had left the shores of Ireland in the person of Archbishop Clune. He did a considerable amount to bring about peace. Rev. Fr. O’Flanagan was following in his footsteps, and it was right for every man to follow in his footsteps.
Fr. O’Flanagan had several interviews with Mr. Lloyd George, and he )Mr. Young) believed from what he knew that he was trying to reach a settlement, and get a proper and good Home Rule measure for this country. He was of the opinion that it was up to every Irishman and lover of his country to assist in the great work that Fr. O’Flanagan was carrying out.
He was sure a great many things could be added to the resolution. It was very moderate, and he asked that it be passed.
Mr. Young then proposed the following resolution: “That we are of the opinion that an immediate settlement can be effected by an amendment of the present Act on the basis of the granting to Ireland of fiscal autonomy subject to a fair proportion of imperial charges. That we ask all public bodies in Ireland to press this settlement on the Government, with a view to ending the present disastrous strife, and to bringing peace and honour to both countries. That copies of this resolution be sent to the Prime Minister, the Chief Secretary, the Archbishop of Tuam and the Bishop of Galway.”
Mr. Wm. Flaherty: I have great pleasure in seconding it. It is the only sensible view to take. Peace is wanted in this country.
Mr. Colohan: Everybody is in favour of peace.
Chairman: Peace is absolutely necessary for the welfare of our country. If we got colonial self-government for the whole of this country I believe there would be no objection in the world. Everybody will do what they possibly can to forward that movement, and the thanks to the people generally are due to Fr. O’Flanagan for the lines he has adopted. I am sorry that these lines were departed from, that they were not adhered to, and instead of the sham Act that has been passed, we would have Dominion Home Rule. I am entirely in favour of it.
It was decided to send copies of the resolution to the Archbishop of Tuam, the Bishop of Galway, the Prime Minister and the Chief Secretary.
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1923
Gloom after war
The special correspondent of the “Independent”, who has been writing of the aftermath of civil war in the West, notes that a feeling of apathy, due to the uncertainty of events, exists amongst the sorely-tried people of Connemara; that politics are referred to only with disgust and that not more than fifty per cent. of the people would vote at a general election; that poverty and unemployment are rife, and there is a growing tendency towards emigration; and that there are bitter complaints of the huge impost of rates and taxes.
It is only too true that there is enough of material for the pessimist to brood over, and that a feeling of gloom permeates country towns. But it is a poor tribute to patriotism that has survived such horrors to encourage this gloom.
It is the duty of all of us to get this pessimism out of the national body and to rid ourselves of the notion that we have not enough Christianity and moral sense left to restore our people to cheerful and ordered progress and industry.
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1923
Peace negotiations
As we go to press, An Dáil is discussing the Peace negotiations between the Government and Mr. de Valera. It was announced on Wednesday for the first time that such negotiations were begun following Mr. de Valera’s “cease fire” proclamation of April 27, and that by the 30th of the month Senators Andrew Jameson and James Douglas were asked by him to discuss proposals.
They said it was for the Government to discuss; they could only confer. Into the ensuring conferences the Government declined to enter personally, but on May 3 the senators placed before Mr. de Valera the Cabinet’s terms, which were that future issues should be decided by the majority vote of the elected representatives of the people, and that as a corollary and a preliminary to the release of prisoners, all lethal weapons should be in the custody and control of the Executive Government.
Mr. de Valera relied to this on May 7 with a document in which he agreed to majority rule and control of arms, but added that arms should be stored in a suitable building in each province under armed Republican guard until after the elections in September, that the oath should not be made a test in the councils of the nation, and that all political prisoners should be released immediately on the signing of this agreement.
“You have brought back to us,” wrote President Cosgrave, “not an acceptance of our conditions, but a long and wordy document inviting debate where none is possible”.
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1923
State of the parties
Speculation as to parties after the next Irish elections is exceedingly interesting, especially in view of the enlarged franchise.
In Dublin, the view appears to be held by a number of people that Labour will make a great bid for power.
Dublin, however, has a curiously insular habit of thought where matters that concern all Ireland and in which Ireland has a say are concerned. We hope this insularity will rapidly disappear under the new conditions.
The country as a whole is backing the Farmers’ Party, and has not the smallest doubt that it will be the strongest combination in the next Dáil, and that it will oust the purely political parties, the one because it has resorted to force, the other because it has been compelled to use force to supress force, and the Labour Party because Ireland feels that at the back of its policy lurks the danger of Communism.
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