Letter from Seaghan Z to James Ryan, 12 July 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Seaghan Z.

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The letter was written by Seaghán to James Ryan. Both were imprisoned after the rising and in the letter, he comments on a number of his fellow prisoners and refers to some organisations the inmates had set up in Wandsworth prison, including Irish classes attended by Gearóid O'Sullivan (1891-1948, later Adjutant General of the IRA) and others. He also mentions that he does not know what charge will be brought against him.James Ryan (1891-1970) studied medicine in UCD. He was appointed chief medical officer in the GPO during the Easter Rising. After the Rising he was imprisoned in Stafford and, later, Frongoch and was released in August 1916. Ryan was later a founder member of Fianna Fáil and a government minister.

 University College Dublin Archives Dr James Ryan Papers, P 88/3 (1) https://letters1916.ie/item/183 English Seaghan Z. 1916-07-12 Wandsworth, London, England James Ryan Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 For Jim Ryan C719 Wandsworth London 12-6-16 A Shéamuis Dhílis Just a line to enquire after your health. I hope you are enjoying to the full all the benefits of his britannic majesty's bountiful hospitality. How does the and plum pudding agree with you. The boys here are almost all thinking of going home one of these days. They say they are about tired of their luxurious idleness and that ordinary bacon and cabbage with buttermilk or a plain pint to wash it down would suit them better. Is that your view? I had a letter from No.19 on Friday and heard you were pounding away hard for your next exam. I was glad to hear you were turning your enforced idleness to such good account. I believe Min & Fr.Paul are coming over this week. I had D. French and Jane Kissane in today and Angela H. last week. You see the advantage of being near London I was quite overjoyed to learn of Kit's release. I hope Nell has joined the rest of the family too in this. We started a number of Irish classes here on Friday last, (St. Colmcille's Day) about 80 attend. Gearoid O'S, , P.Ó Máille, M.Ó Droignean and I are teaching. We say the rosary in Irish every evening at 3 in the exercise yard and a few of us have started a conference of the St. V. de Paul Society. — now aren't we the good boys. Gearoid often talks about you. You should see the awful atrocity of a beard O'B. has. He would frighten you to look at him. Sears of Enniscorthy is here too and a big number of the Citizen Army. There are one or two from Wexford but I don't know them. Dick Fitz of the Kerry team is my next door neighbour here. I hear Sean Kenny was let home last week. I have no idea yet what charge they are going to bring against me. I have given Michael a long account of our circumstances here which he will show you. Kindest regardsDo bhuan chara Seaghán Z. Seaghan Z. Letter from Seaghan Z to James Ryan, 12 July 1916Letter from Seaghan Z. to Séamus (James Ryan), 18 July 1916 James Ryan Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 26 May 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 3 June 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 25 June 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 2 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 11 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 19 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, c. August 1916Letter from Seaghan Z to James Ryan, 12 July 1916Letter from 'Teresa'(Agnes Ryan) to James Ryan, 20 May 1916Letter from Katherine Brady to James Ryan, 5 July 1916Letter from Joe to James Ryan, 25 May 1916Letter from Denis McCullough to James Ryan, c. June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 19 May 1916Letter from Madge Calnan to James Ryan , 8 June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, c. June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 1 June 1916Letter from Madge Calnan to James Ryan, 17 June 1916Postcard from 'M' to James Ryan, 27 May 1916Letter from 'Teresa' (Agnes Ryan) to her brother James Ryan, 4 June 1916Letter from Peggie O'Sullivan, Birmingham, to James Ryan, 1 July 1916Letter from Josephine Mary (Min) Ryan to James Ryan, 29 May 1916Letter from Chris Ryan to James Ryan, 13 June 1916Letter from Jim to James Ryan, 11 July 1916Letter from R. Hickey to James Ryan, 26 May 1916Letter from Mary M to James Ryan, 1916Letter from K.B to James Ryan, c. early June 1916Letter from Maudie Davin to James Ryan, 6 July 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 4 July 1916Letter from James Ryan to Liam Ó Briain, 1 June 1916Letter from Michael Collins to James Ryan, 23 August 1916Letter from Michael Collins to James Ryan, 2 September 1916Letter from Eamonn T. Dore to James Ryan, 19 September 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 26 August 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 15 September 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 22 October 1916Letter from Mairín Ní Ribhógh to James Ryan, 2 August 1916Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 13 September 1916Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 19 September 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 11 June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, Tuesday 6 June 1916Letter to James Ryan from Frances KellyLetter to James Ryan from MargaretLetter to James Ryan from May GrayLetter from Eamonn T. Dore to James Ryan, c. September 1916Letter from Mort O'Connell to James Ryan, 9 October 1916Letter from Maura [Power] to James Ryan, 18 October 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 1 August 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 7 October 1916Letter from D. C., Stafford, England, to James Ryan, 9 August 1916Letter from Peg O'Sullivan, Birmingham, to James Ryan, 2 October 1916 Wandsworth, London, England Letter from Seaghan Z to James Ryan, 12 July 1916Letter from Seaghan Z. to Séamus (James Ryan), 18 July 1916