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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Irish Emigrants and English Mobs: A Letter from the Bishop of Limerick |
| Author | Edward, Thomas |
| Date | 10 Nov 1915 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | EPH C60 |
| Library / Archive | National Library of Ireland |
| Collection Name | Ephemera Collection |
| Description | Letter from the Bishop of Limerick to the editor of the "Munster News". Copy containing the following: "... the treatment which the poor Irish emigrants lads have received at Liverpool is enough to make any Irishman's blood boil with anger and indignation. What wrong have they done to deserve insults and outrage at the hands of a brutal English mob? They don't want to be forced into the English Army, and sent to fight English battles in some part of the world." |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Country (from) | Ireland; Great Britain |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Ports | Liverpool, England |
| Nationality | Irish; European |
| Keywords | shipping, finance, Great Depression, economics, industry, army, emigrant, emigration, social class, poverty, politics, legislation, war, clergy |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland |
