1 45 Albert Road Glenageary 14th June/16 Dear Mrs. O'Rahilly It is only now - after this
long lapse of time - that I
can bring myself to try and
tell you how I have felt and
prayed for you ever since
I knew that a mere letter
of sympathy could only be
poor comfort in such trouble 2
as yours. To say nothing
of your irreparable loss
the anxieties of Easter
Week must have been
appalling, but please God
you will soon have a great —
if not the greatest — consolation. Perhaps some time, later
on, you could find me some
small memento — a prayer book
or any little belonging of
your wonderful & heroic
husband — that is if you
can spare it to one with
so small a claim as I have. I wish I had known of
the Requiem at Donnybrook.
I only heard of it yesterday
or I should have been present,
but indeed I suppose it is
he who is praying for us
in poor distracted Ireland. I am waiting a few years
for L. Derg, so we may do it
together again. I suppose you would not 3
care to see me (?) but I am
very often in your neighbourhood
I go up constantly to
Lansdowne Road as my mother
has been laid up for the past
2 months with phlebitis.
Thank God she is now getting
better and will soon I hope
be able to get away for a
change. With renewed & deepest
sympathy
I remain dear Mrs O'Rahilly
Yrs ever most sincerely Amelia Jephson