Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly, 29 May 1916
28th instant. I beg to inform you that I have been
in communication with the Officer Commanding the
Company of my Battalion on duty at Moore Street during
the Rebellion, and regret I can give you no information
regarding the missing articles. The Company of my Battalion was relieved
at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday 29th April by a Company of the
2/6th Notts & Derby Regiment, and up to that time our
men remained at their post at the Barricade North of
Moore Street. Yours Truly,
R.L. Owens
Lieut. Colonel.
Commanding 3rd Battalion The Royal Irish Regt.
To, Mrs. Anna O'Rahilly 54, Northumberland Road, DUBLIN.
This letter was written by Lieutenant Colonel R.L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly. In this letter Owens informs Miss O'Rahilly that he has been in communication with the commanding officer at Moore Street and that he has no information regarding the missing articles which Miss O'Rahilly is searching for. He states that the company of his battalion was relieved at 5:30 pm Saturday 29 April by a company of the 26th Notts and Derby Regiment. This letter is part of a series of correspondence in which Miss O'Rahilly is attempting to locate a watch belonging to Michael O'Rahilly which was not returned to the family after his death. Owens was a Lieutenant Colonel at Richmond Barracks and served over the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment. This was one of the regiments involved in helping to defeat the Rising in 1916. Anna O'Rahilly was the sister of Michael O'Rahilly. Michael Joseph 'The' O'Rahilly (1875–1916) was a nationalist and a journalist. In 1916 he aligned himself with Eoin MacNeill and Bulmer Hobson who opposed a preemptive rising. Although O'Rahilly played a large role in delivering MacNeill's countermanding order he felt obligated to stand with the men he recruited and trained. O'Rahilly was fatally wounded on the Thursday 27 April when the GPO was being evacuated.
- R. L. Owens
- Anna O'Rahilly
- 1916-05-29
- Easter Rising Ireland 1916
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0139.html)
- Place
- 54 Northumberland Road, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly, 29 May 1916
- Place
- Richmond Barracks, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly, 28 May 1916
- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly, 29 May 1916
- Letter from Éamonn Ceannt to Áine Ceannt, May 1916
- Letter from Éamonn Ceannt to Áine Ceannt, 4 May 1916
- Letter from Captain, Richmond Barracks to Mabel FitzGerald, 14 May 1916
- Letter from R.F. Sergeant probably to Mabel FitzGerald, 21 May 1916
- Letter from Austin Stack to Mabel FitzGerald, 4 June 1916.
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Bridie O'Rahilly to Anna O'Rahilly, 25 May 1916
- Letter from Denis Mangan to Anna O'Rahilly, 11 August 1916.
- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly, 28 May 1916
- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly, 29 May 1916
- Letter from Kenneth Healings to Anna O'Rahilly, c. August 1916
- Letter from Patrick Hayes to Anna O'Rahilly, 13 May 1916
- Letter from Patrick Hayes to Anna O'Rahilly, 23 August 1916
- Letter from Stephen Purcell to Anna O'Rahilly, 24 December 1916
- Letter from Maud Griffith to Anna O'Rahilly, 13 September 1916
- Letter from Sister M. Marcella to Anna O'Rahilly, 20 July 1916
- Letter from Anna O'Rahilly to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916
- Letter from John O'Brien to Anna O'Rahilly, 1916
- Letter from Ella Young to Anna O'Rahilly, 13 July 1916
- Letter from S. M. O'Meara to Anna O'Rahilly