Letter from Kathleen Hogan to Nancy O'Rahilly, 29 May 1916.

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Letter from Kathleen Hogan to Nancy O'Rahilly, 29 May 1916.

1 3 Bayview Bettystown May 29th My dear Madame O'Rahilly, This is just to say how sorry I am
that I shall not be in Dublin tomorrow
to be present at the mass which I see
announced in today's paper for the
repose of the soul of your dear husband R. I. P. I think of you so often, and pray
earnestly that God may comfort you. I
wish you you could hear hear the the things that
are said everywhere about your loved one
It would be some comfort to you to
know how his memory is honoured
and loved by his countrymen and women. I hope you are keeping strong and
that your great courage will keep
you up to face the future for the
sake of the fine boys you have, and
for the little sunbeam which I hope
is coming to cheer you. Your sincere friend, Kathleen Hogan

This is a letter from Kathleen Hogan to Nancy O'Rahilly (1875-1961), 29 May 1916. Kathleen regrets that she will not be able to attend the memorial Mass (for The O'Rahilly) in Dublin and says that it would comfort Mrs. O'Rahilly to hear how her late husband is spoken of. She urges Nancy to keep strong for her two fine boys and the 'little Sunbeam which I hope is coming to cheer you'.Nancy O'Rahilly was a member of the Provisional Council of Cumann na mBan at its founding in 1914. She was 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 – the child was born three months later.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0024.html)