Letter from 'May' to Patrick English, 21 June 1916
your kind and welcome
letter to hand this morning
very glad to see by it
you were keeping quite
well Thank God I am
very glad you got
plenty of outings the air
will do you good I
will be very glad
when I get word that
you will be going
2 down by visiting house
in the mornings. unless
I caught an early train
I will see how things
go on I will let you
know later on you
might be going home
soon Please God
Dear Patrick Sister
Thanks you for your
Prayers and she told
me to be sure and
ask you If any of
the Sisters of Charity
visit the Prison If
you were here she
would visit your
Home Please God I hope
It wont be long I hope
family and David and
Frank and the lads write
to you I thought perhaps
they were sending you
a quilt perhaps I may
come to see you somt
next month If you are
not gone If so you
must let me know
you are a good way
from Manchester
my Fare would be
10 shillings Return
and I might not get 3 So let me know In your
next letter Well Patrick
I think I have told you
all the news for the
present Hoping you
will be sailing home
soon Sister sais If
you havent Rosary
beads let her know
and she will send you
a pair you will have
good bit of note paper
to last for a good while
and there Is envelopes
in your box Good
Night With Love From May x
The letter is from May English, a St Vincent convent resident, to her brother Patrick English (1894-1970). May states that she is glad to learn that Patrick is well and hopes that people are writing to him. She goes on to state that she may go to visit him though he is a long way from Manchester. May then discusses one of the sisters at the convent who thanks Patrick for his prayers and will send Patrick rosary beads if he has none. She also asks if any of the sister of charity visit the prison. Patrick English was part of the F. Company, 4th Battalion, Dublin Brigade who fought in the General Post Office Garrison in Easter 1916. After the Easter Rising of 1916 Patrick English was interned at Stafford Prison before he was later moved to Frongoch internment camp in Wales.
- May
- Patrick English
- 1916-06-21
- 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__0227.html)
- Place
- St. Vincents, Ancoats, Manchester
- Mentioned in
- Letter from 'May' to Patrick English, 21 June 1916
- Place
- Stafford Prison, England
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in Stafford Prison, c. June 1916
- Letter from 'May' to Patrick English, 21 June 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