Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 9 May 1916
sending
you 3
stamps Dunsink Cottage Castleknock Co Dublin My Dear Son I
received your last
welcome letter glad
to know you are
well as for my self
I am all right
I am only want your
self I think it is 2 God that keeps me
all strate dont fret
about me every one
tells me I am getting
young do not fret
keep up your hart
did you get the book
I sent you you never
said you did you
asked me about
the gardens thegot
a man in Mick's place
he started a fortnight
he would not stop
I wished you were
home it is so lonely
for me in my old age
I have Lawrence I would
not share here if he
was you David wrote
to you did you get
it have you got
leave to smoke let
me know cheer up
there is good times 3 yet I am praying
night an day for
you antie anne & Frances
sends there best love
Jim said your to cheer
up it wont be long
till we meet again
I think I have told
you all this is mothers
lovly hand good
by from your loving Mother
This letter is from a series of correspondence between Kate English and her son Patrick. In the letter Kate mentions how lonely she but urges Patrick not to fret and to look after himself. This letter was written by Kate (b. 1855) to Patrick English (1894-1970) while he was interned. Patrick had been stationed in the G.P.O for the Rising. Following the surrender he was sent to Stafford Prison before being moved to Frongoch internment camp in Wales.
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0084.html)
- Place
- Frongoch Prison, Wales
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 9 May 1916
- Letter from Davie English to his brother, Patrick English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 23 May 1916
- Letter from John J. McGrath to Pat McGrath, 20 June 1916
- Letter from Messrs. Gaffney & Co. to Rebel Scollan, 25 August 1916
- Letter to Patrick English from his mother, Kate, 18 May 1916
- Place
- Dunsink Cottage, Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 9 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 23 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in Stafford Prison, c. June 1916
- Letter to Patrick English from his mother, Kate, 18 May 1916
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 9 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 23 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 3 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in Stafford Prison, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English in Dunsink Cottage to Patrick English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English in Finglas to Patrick English, c. June/July 1916
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916
- Letter to Patrick English from his mother, Kate, 18 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 17 August 1916
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 9 May 1916
- Letter from Davie English to his brother, Patrick English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 23 May 1916
- Letter from James Maloney to Patrick English, 3 July 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 3 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in Stafford Prison, c. June 1916
- Letter from 'May' to Patrick English, 21 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English in Dunsink Cottage to Patrick English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English in Finglas to Patrick English, c. June/July 1916
- Letter from Robert Driscoll to Patrick English, 13 August 1916.
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Mary to Patrick English, 26 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 1916
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916
- Letter to Patrick English from his mother, Kate, 18 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 9 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 17 August 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in prison, c. June/July 1916