This letter is from Nancy O'Rahilly (1875-1961) to Mabel FitzGerald (née Washington McConnell) (1884-1958), wife of politician and intellectual Desmond FitzGerald (1888-1947). Nancy O'Rahilly writes says she hasn't been seeing people or answering letters because it upsets her and she is concerned for her unborn child and tries to reassure Mrs. FitzGerald saying that the prisoners (Desmond included) would be released at the end of the war. Mrs. O'Rahilly says that Desmond FitzGerald left his top coat at her house and she says that she has also heard about the bicycle being left in Milltown* and that she is having it collected. She refers to a note written by The O'Rahilly on Friday morning in which he praised Desmond highly. She is distraught but accepts her late husband's will to die for Ireland. Finally, she invites Mrs. FitzGerald to a Mass being offered for her late husband.Nancy O'Rahilly was a member of the Provisional Council of Cumann na mBan at the founding in 1914. She was the wife of Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, self-described as 'The' O'Rahilly (1875-1916) who was shot in Parnell/Moore Street on 28 April 1916 and died some time later. Nancy was pregnant at the time of her husband's death – the child was born three months later. Both Desmond FitzGerald and The O'Rahilly had attempted to stop the Easter Rising from taking place but joined in when they realised it was going ahead anyway.