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Series
War Office: Army of Ireland: Administrative and Easter Rising Records
Catalogue reference: WO 35
What's it about?
WO 35
This series contains some records of the general administration of the Army in Ireland, including the grant of army commissions, from 1775; letter books of the Lord Lieutenant relating to military affairs, 1788-1822, with detailed abstracts of...
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WO 35
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Army of Ireland: Administrative and Easter Rising Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1775-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains some records of the general administration of the Army in Ireland, including the grant of army commissions, from 1775; letter books of the Lord Lieutenant relating to military affairs, 1788-1822, with detailed abstracts of correspondence in and out for 1801 and letterbooks of the Adjutant General's Office, 1803-1881.
Most of the records in the series relate to the maintenance of law and order in Ireland by the military authorities from the Easter Rising of 1916 to the Irish Peace Treaty of 1922, with some earlier material relating to the threat of mutiny at the Curragh camp. They include war diaries; raid and search reports; records relating to powers granted under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Act, 1920 to arrest and try civilians and hold courts of enquiry in lieu of inquests, and a series of Dublin Castle files on prominent Irish nationalists.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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215 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14244/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: WO
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