Death of Dorothy Macardle

File on the death of Dorothy Macardle on 23 December 1958 including press cuttings (23 December 1958–10 January 1959, 9 items), draft and final versions of Taoiseach de Valera’s statement on Macardle’s death and Tánaiste and Minister for Health Seán MacEntee’s graveside oration (December 1958, 4 items), correspondence between de Valera and members of Macardle’s family, mainly on the posthumous publication of Macardle’s Shakespeare, Man and Boy (1961) and the American edition of The Irish Republic (10 January 1960; 1962 & 1965, 6 items). Also photocopy copy of Macardle’s will (‘To Terence De Valera all my Royalties, Rights and interests in my book The Irish Republic’) (original dated 20 December 1958, 3pp). 20 items

23 December 1958– 8 October 1965

Eamon de Valera Papers P150 – 3663 UCDA

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