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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
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Series
Irish Office: Records
Catalogue reference: CO 906
What's it about?
CO 906
The earlier material in this series relates to the normal routine administrative business of the Irish Office which was charged with the responsibility of transmitting departmental correspondence to Dublin Castle; included therein are the King's...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 906
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Title (The name of the record)
- Irish Office: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1796-1924
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Description (What the record is about)
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The earlier material in this series relates to the normal routine administrative business of the Irish Office which was charged with the responsibility of transmitting departmental correspondence to Dublin Castle; included therein are the King's Letter Books which contain details of royal appointments, patent and money warrants, etc. Most of the later papers are concerned with the disturbances which attended the Irish struggle for independence.
The bulk of the series was formed from material drawn from four superseded series. Also includes the papers of S G Tallents, relating to an investigation of conditions in Northern Ireland in 1922.
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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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39 files and volumes
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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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- Topics
- Ireland
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5095/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
372,534 records
Within the department: CO
Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices,...
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Irish Office: Records
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