Edition Bobbett1. Texts by Elizabeth F. Bobbett: 1.1.2. Correspondence, Letters to the authorities

1939 Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 26.06.1939

Source: Wicklow County Archives (WCA), County Council Minutes, 1938/39, p. 994, 27.06.1939

The following letter from the Irish Farmers’ Federation was submitted: Springfield, Kilbride,

Wicklow, 26th June, 1939.

The Secretary, County Wicklow County Council, Courthouse, Wicklow.

A chara. At a meeting of the County Executive of the Irish Farmers’ Federation held in Aughrim on the 20th instant, I was directed to forward you the following resolution and to ask the members of the Wicklow County Council to press for a very special increase in the Agricultural Grant for County Wicklow, owing to the exceptional position of County Wicklow with regard to motor traffic compared with other counties. Resolution: That pending de-rating we call on the County Council to immediately call on the Government to ask them to give an extra Agricultural Grant to County Wicklow, owing to the condition Wicklow bears in relation to Dublin especially on the subject of roads and motor traffic.

Mise, le meas, Elizabeth F. Bobbett, County and General Secretary.

Order: Copy of this letter to be sent to the Executive Council of the Government.

Proposed by Councillor George Heatley; Seconded by Councillor Martin Gleeson.

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This volume of Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s writings and speeches is divided into four parts. The first section comprises 321 texts written by her. The second part contains 150 speeches and statements by Bobbett, most of which were published in newspapers. Part 3 contains 727 texts written about Bobbett by contemporaries of her or addressed to her. Finally, Part 4 is a collection of 50 source texts that are important for understanding Elizabeth F. Bobbett’s activism. Parts 3 and 4 will be made available online in March 2027.

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Elizabeth Bobbett: Letter to the Wicklow County Council, 26.06.1939, in: Peter Moser (ed.), In her own Words. The Writings of Elizabeth F. Bobbett (1898-1971). Farmer, Feminist and Public Figure, Bern, 2026, https://www.histoirerurale.ch/editions/pages/bobbett/1939-06-26-48.html, consulted on .

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