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This is a letter from Herbert Moore Pim (1883-1950) to Nancy O'Rahilly (1875-1961). The writer describes receiving news of The O'Rahilly's death as a nightmare - he hopes everything will be all right on waking. He loved O'Rahilly as a dear friend. He and his son want to convey sympathy to 'the boys' (Mrs. O'Rahilly's sons). He himself was taken away while his son was at school and didn't have a chance to say goodbye. He also describes prison life.Nancy O'Rahilly was a member of the Provisional Council of Cumann na mBan aand the wife of Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, self-styled 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. Herbert Pim had joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914, published a pamphlet series entitled 'Tracts of our times', including writing by Patrick Pearse, and in early 1916 founded the literary and political monthly, 'The Irishman'. He was arrested after the Easter Rising and was detained in England for three months.
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