Letter in the PPP.

Leix and Offaly Headquarters.

 Old Jail, Portlaoise.

 3rd April 1922.

 To:

 The Officer in Charge, Carlow Batt. Irish Republican Army.

 and to:

The Head Centre of The Irish Republican Brotherhood, Carlow Branch.

 A company of the "Fianna Boy Scouts" was established in Portlaoise on Sunday last. Since then the parents of some of the boys who joined have been  approached by local "Free Staters" and advised not to allow their children to remain as members of the Fianna Boy Scouts as they claim it is a Republican organisation with affinity to Eamon de Valera!, some of the  young Boy Scouts have been forced to leave. Even under British rule this organisation was regarded with respect by the authorities. I would like you to ask those "Free Stater’s" if this is the kind of Irish Republic they believe in? I am sending copies of this letter to the National newspapers for publication. (signed) Eiblin ni h-Eoghain.

The above is a true and accurate transcript of the original document.

Transcribed by M. Purcell c2010.

Old newspapers in the PPP.

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