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1. How the Sale of the King-Harman Estate Was Brought About (continued)

   

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   could not do anything to upset them. "I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll bring you to Sir Edward Carson who is the ablest Lawyer in this House". Mr Tully took up the papers, and then his difficulty was, to interest Carson in the matter as he had never spoken to him during the fourteen years he had been a Member of the House. Healy brought him the following morning to Sir Edward Carson, and Tully was puzzled as to how he would enlist his services. So he went straight to Carson the next morning and said "I have come to you as an old Fenian and an old Rebel to plead for the daughter of my biggest enemy". He saw that he had captured Carson's good-will by the Appeal he made, and in a few day's afterwards he gave him back all the papers, and with an Amendment which he suggested would cover the King-Harmon case. It was the last week of the Session and there was no time to be lost, so Tully wrote out an Amendment drafted by Carson and put in on the notice paper of the House for the following day. The trouble was then to get it adopted by both Houses - the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Tully had no trouble in getting it on the notice paper in the House of Commons, but the Noble Lords were a different proposition. He went to two or three of them and they promised to help him in any way they could. The House was to rise and adjourn in a few days time. He managed to get

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nan Rutledge

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Boyle, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mr Jasper Tully

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Boyle, Co. Roscommon