Letter from George Gavan Duffy to the Manager, 'Irish Independent', 22 May 1916.

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Letter from George Gavan Duffy to the Manager, 'Irish Independent', 22 May 1916.

1 DUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY 1913-21
DURO STAIRE MILEATA 1913-21
C.D. 45/3/11 22nd May 1916. The Manager, 'Irish Independent' Dear Sir:- I write on behalf of Mr Ernest Blythe of
Abingdon, who lately subscribed to the 'Independent',
to ask you to address the paper to him in future, until
further notice, to Ernest Blythe, No. 3134 Brixton
Prison, Brixton, London, S.W. Yours faithfully,
G. Gavan Duffy

In the letter George Gavan Duffy (1882-1951) requests that Blythe's copies of the Irish Independent newspaper be forwarded to him at Brixton Prison until further notice.George Gavan Duffy was an Irish politician, barrister and judge. He unsuccessfully defended Roger Casement at his trial for high treason after the Easter Rising.Gavan Duffy had been acting for Ernest Blythe (1889-1975), organiser for the Irish Volunteers. Blythe had been arrested under the Defence of the Realm Act. He was released from prison in England before the Easter Rising but was rearrested there during Easter week 1916.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0076.html)