Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 26 May 1916

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Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 26 May 1916

1 58 Aughrim St May 26th 1916 My dear Jim I wrote to you
before, but I suppose
you did not
get my letters, as
I did not know
the correct way 2 to address it
I hope you will
get this all right
and that you
will write a few
letters in return
and let me know
how you are &
also if there is
anything that 3 I could send you
I went to see
Jack Kelly today
I met one of the
sisters there, I
believe there is a
brother of Jack's
with Eoin in Stafford
I will write a
long letter when 4 I hear from you
Good bye for the
present with
kindest regards Very Sincerely Yours Cis M Coyle

This is a letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan (1891-1970), 26 May 1916. It was written while Ryan was a prisoner in Stafford. he writer states that she has been unable to get previous letters through to him and that she will write him a long letter.James Ryan studied medicine in UCD. He was appointed chief medical officer in the GPO during the Easter Rising. After the Rising he was imprisoned in Stafford and, later, Frongoch and was released in August 1916. Ryan was later a founder member of Fianna Fáil and a government minister.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0014.html)