1 Parteen Limerick Dec 24th 15 My dear Miss Rahilly It is some time
now since I wrote to you
to say I would go to
see you. At this time
I felt my sight failing.
The eyes have improved
a good deal since I
wrote but I was thinking
from day to day that
it would be necessary
for me to go to Dublin 2 Thats why I have been
silent so long — We are
living in awful times.
One does not know from
day to day what is to
come next. I am afraid
they will attempt
conscription & if they
do it will be resisted
fiercely. A great majority
of the people seem
indifferent about every
public event, but I feel that
they would resist
- conscription to the last
extreme - 3 The Bishop has made himself known
in the outside world more than ever
I dare say to the great surprise
of some of his friends. He was put
down for a Tory & a Conservative —
Most people now since his letters
look to him for guidance in a very
different arena. Wishing you & Mrs A
& all the children a happy xmas & many
returns - sincerely S. Purcell