Edition 241 of Century Ireland with all the news from 100 years ago.
The main stories include:
Cosgrave appeals to patriotism and civic responsibility as expenditure to top £37m for 1922-23
Dublin, 7 October 1922
Expenditure for the 26 county area from 1 April 1922 until 31 March 1923 will run to around £37.7 million according to government estimates published yesterday.
Catholic hierarchy condemns Irregular campaign and calls for an end to 'immoral methods'
Maynooth, 11 October 1922
Following a meeting in Maynooth yesterday, the Catholic bishops of Ireland have addressed a pastoral letter to the priests and people of Ireland in which they declare that the irregular campaign has no moral justification.
Photo: Freeman's Journal, 10 October 1922
Four die in Mountjoy escape attempt days after Dáil discusses ill-treatment of prisoners
Dublin 11 October 1922
Four men were killed and three wounded during a failed escape attempt made by Irregular prisoners held in Mountjoy Jail yesterday.
Photo: Freeman's Journal, 11 of October 1922
Mulcahy invokes 1916 legacy at Gormanstown ceremony
Gormanstown, 9 October 1922
General Richard Mulcahy has invoked the memory of Patrick Pearse and the other leaders of the 1916 rebellion in support of the national army.
Photo: Irish Life, June 30 and July 14
Craig reiterates Northern Irealnd’s resistance to joining Free State
Belfast, 11 October 1922
Sir James Craig has declared that the six counties will not fall under a Dublin parliament.
Photo: Illustrated London News, 14 October 1922
Proposal to move Hugh Lane collection to Dublin Castle resisted by head of National Gallery
Dublin, 6 October 1922
The Director of the National Gallery of Ireland has opposed the proposal of artist Paul Henry that the state apartments of Dublin Castle be used to house the art collection of the late Hugh Lane.
Photo: National Library of Ireland, L_ROY_00375
Summer-time officially ends as clocks turn back an hour
Dublin, 7 October 1922
Summer-time will officially come to end at 3am tomorrow morning.
Photo: National Library of Ireland, L_ROY_00375
Quietly effective League of Nations has done much to improve the world says Japanese delegate
London 4 October 1922
The League of Nations has made no ‘sensational’ decisions but has quietly done much to improve the state of the world, Japan’s Ambassador in London, Baron Hayashi, has claimed.
Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, Washington, D.C.
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