Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Eliza Chamier, 24 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Augusta Caroline Dillon

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Letter from Lady Clonbrock (1840-1928) to Eliza Mary Adelaide Chamier (née Tyrell) (c. 1869-1940). Lady Clonbrock writes to inquire about the existence of Michael Sweeney. She states that she has a Michael Sweeney registered under a different number and a James and Patrick Sweeney but that it is unusual that the Irish Women's Association knows nothing of this particular Michael Sweeney. Eliza was the wife of Henry Deschamps Chamier (1862-1950), a colonel serving in the British army with the Connaught Rangers.Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton) was the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park (Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron), Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with the Irish Women's Association to send basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her care packages went to members of the Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near Cologne.

 National Library of Ireland Clonbrock Estate Papers, Collection List No. 54, Ms. 35796/10/14 https://letters1916.ie/item/317 English Augusta Caroline Dillon 1916-05-24 Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Galway, Ireland Eliza Chamier Female World War I (1914-1918)

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 May 24 1916 Clonbrock Ahascragh Ireland Dear Mrs Chamier I do not like to bother Col. Chamier with enclosed, but thought perhaps that you would kindly make some enquiries as to the existence of 5473 Michael Sweeney - C.R. I have 8464 Michael Sweeney and a James & Patrick Sweeney on my list, but I know nothing of 5473. It is very strange that the S.W.A know nothing of him. Sincerely Augusta Clonbrock Augusta Caroline Dillon Letter from Alfred Gerald Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 13 December 1915Letter from Alfred Gerald Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 1 October 1916Letter from Private M. Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, 17 April 1916Letter from J. L. Hay to Lady Clonbrock, 7 January 1916Letter from Private Patrick Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 4 January 1916Letter from Jessie Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 19 April 1916Letter from John J. Thompson to Augusta Caroline Dillon, Lady Clonbrock, 13 November 1915Letter from Josephine Murray to Lady Clonbrock, 22 May 1916Letter from Elizabeth Francis Neill to Lady Clonbrock, 21 February 1916Letter from Maude Chenevix Trench to Lady Clonbrock, 13 June 1916Postcard from Maude Chenevix Trench to Lady Clonbrock, 16 May 1916Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Eliza Chamier, 24 May 1916Letter from George Hugh Chetwood Townsend to Lady Clonbrock, 1 April 1916Letter from Edith Francis Maxwell to Lady Clonbrock, 22 June 1916Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 2 August 1916Letter from Ursula Mahon to Lady Clonbrock, 18 July 1916Letter from Lady Mayo, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Kildare Committee, to Lady Clonbrock, 31 December 1915.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 12 August, 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 12 August 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 29 February 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 25 February, 1916.Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 28 December, 1915.Letter from N. Maxwell, 23 July 1916.Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 23 February, 1916.Letter from Kathleen Lewis, 19 October 1916.Letter from George C. Townshend to Lady Clonbrock, 18 October 1916.Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 26 June 1916Letter from the Marquess of Sligo to Lady Clonbrock, 23 October, 1916.Letter from Florence to Lady Clonbrock, 28 November 1916. Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Galway, Ireland Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Eliza Chamier, 24 May 1916