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Muriel MacSwiney Five ALS to Fred Cronin (executor of her husband's will), 14 November 1920 and Feb./March 1921, two undated, with one draft reply from Cronin dated 15.2.21; also a draft letter to Messrs. E.P. Dutton & Co. of New York about royalties on Terence McSwiney's books, written as from Fred Cronin (his executor) but apparently in Mary McSwiney's hand; also three typescript and manuscript statements of account from Cronin to Muriel MacSwiney, sent to her solicitor Barry Galvin, November 1921, including a typescript account relating to the purchase of the MacSwineys' house at Sunday's Well by Rev. William Roche. The first letter from Muriel, dated a few days after Terence MacSwiney's death, says that if his life is to be written, P.S. O'Hegarty is the only suitable person; the others are mainly about financial matters, also some household linen which apparently she had given or lent to the Cronins, but now wants to recover for her own use. The letters indicate some confusion in her plans, and Cronin's draft reply says he was 'very hurt' by a wire received, which apparently suggested her instructions had not been followed. Evidently she was a difficult client. Muriel MacSwiney went to America on a Republican publicity mission soon after her husband's funeral, leaving her young daughter M�ire in Mary MacSwiney's care; later she went briefly to Germany, and then lived for a time in Dublin before returning to the Continent with her daughter. She did not return to live in Cork, where she was estranged from her own family, and her affairs there were handled by her solicitor Barry Galvin and by Fred Cronin. She developed left-wing views, and after leaving Ireland she moved in Communist circles and reportedly had another child. In the early 1930s Mary MacSwiney went to Germany and removed young M�ire (whose joint guardian she was under Terry's will) from school, bringing her back to Ireland without her mother's consent. Muriel MacSwiney was unsuccessful in a court action to recover custody. Rev. William Roche, who bought the MacSwineys' house in Cork, was a brother-in-law of Fred Cronin. Provenance: Cronin collection. Muriel MacSwiney Five ALS to Fred Cronin (executor of her husband's will), 14 November 1920 and Feb./March 1921, two undated, with one draft reply from Cronin dated 15.2.21; also a draft letter to Messrs. E.P. Dutton & Co. of New York about royalties on Terence McSwiney's books, written as from Fred Cronin (his executor) but apparently in Mary McSwiney's hand; also three typescript and manuscript statements of account from Cronin to Muriel MacSwiney, sent to her solicitor Barry Galvin, November 1921, including a typescript account relating to the purchase of the MacSwineys' house at Sunday's Well by Rev. William Roche. The first letter from Muriel, dated a few days after Terence MacSwiney's death, says that if his life is to be written, P.S. O'Hegarty is the only suitable person; the others are mainly about financial matters, also some household linen which apparently she had given or lent to the Cronins, but now wants to recover for her own use. The letters indicate some confusion in her plans, and Cronin's draft reply says he was 'very hurt' by a wire received, which apparently suggested her instructions had not been followed. Evidently she was a difficult client. Muriel MacSwiney went to America on a Republican publicity mission soon after her husband's funeral, leaving her young daughter M�ire in Mary MacSwiney's care; later she went briefly to Germany, and then lived for a time in Dublin before returning to the Continent with her daughter. She did not return to live in Cork, where she was estranged from her own family, and her affairs there were handled by her solicitor Barry Galvin and by Fred Cronin. She developed left-wing views, and after leaving Ireland she moved in Communist circles and reportedly had another child. In the early 1930s Mary MacSwiney went to Germany and removed young M�ire (whose join