Report of the Irish White Cross to 31st August, 1922.

Prepared by Mr. W.J. Williams. Illustrated. Dublin: Martin Lester, circa 1923. pp. 142, [6 (plates). Olive green cloth. Title and Celtic cross in gilt and white on upper cover. Mild spotting to prelims. A near fine copy.
The Irish White Cross was founded towards the end of 1920. Its main object was to cope with the distress of families of those who were caught up in the fight for Irish freedom against the British Armed Forces. The funds were also employed to aid expelled Catholic workers from the North. Active in its organisation were Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith (prior to their death), George Russell, Mrs Eamonn Ceannt, Mrs Sheehy-Skeffington, Maud Gonne MacBride, Madame O’Rahilly, Erskine Childers, Darrel Figgis, Brian O’Higgins, Edward MacLysaght, William T. Cosgrave, etc. etc.
The major contributions came from private American sources (£1,250,000), John, Count McCormack (£35,000), with lesser amounts from private English, Scottish and Canadian sources. Pope Benedict XV gave £5,000. The accounts in this report show that it had collected £1,374,795. Contains obituary notices of Archbishop William J. Walsh, Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins.

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