Item 17 - Among the Nations of the Earth / Revolutionary Recollections

252 pp; Typescript

Drafts of an article by Kathleen MacKenna Napoli (1897-1988) titled ‘Among the Nations of the Earth / Revolutionary Recollections’. The drafts represent a personal memoir of the revolutionary period. The chapter headings include sections describing the ‘Irish Bulletin story’, the ‘Treaty negotiations’ and the ‘Irish Civil War’.

Kathleen MacKenna Napoli., 'The Irish Bulletin', 'The Capuchin Annual' (1970). https://designrr.page/?id=315955&token=634840951&type=FP&h=7706

Kathleen MacKenna Napoli, 'In London with the Treaty Delegates', 'The Capuchin Annual' (1971). https://designrr.page/?id=315956&token=3037971674&type=FP&h=8242

Kathleen MacKenna was born in Oldcastle, County Meath, to a strongly nationalist family, whose circle of friends included Arthur Griffith, Douglas Hyde and Brian O’Higgins. In 1919 she joined Sinn Féin and she was given the task of typing and printing the 'Irish Bulletin', the underground publicity organ established by Arthur Griffith and Desmond Fitzgerald. In 1921 she went to London for the Treaty negotiations as secretary to Arthur Griffith who headed the Irish delegation. She later served as private secretary to Desmond Fitzgerald when he was Minister for External Affairs, and later worked for both Kevin O’Higgins and William Cosgrave.