Letter from Clair Ní Modhráin to Eamonn O'Modhráin, 30 May 1916

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Letter from Clair Ní Modhráin to Eamonn O'Modhráin, 30 May 1916

1 30.5.16 My dear Eamonn, We posted today a parcel each for
you & Louie. Hope they will reach you
safely without delay. The letters take
at least a week to come from England Louie mentioned he got a letter from
Maire, that seems to be the only
one that reached you, although we
wrote almost every day but I
suppose there are so many to be
delivered some of them get lost. We had another letter from
Maire to day. She got your letter
on Friday. We were home on Sunday 2 and found all well. Mother is
managing wonderfully well.
Louie's letter was a great relief
to her. He mentioned you were
alright as regards clothes. You
must be a great toff in your old
hat. Una asked a chap who was going
over to see his brother to see you,
but he did not succeed. I must write a line to Louie
now. With warmest love
Your loving sister Clair

This is a letter from Clair Ní Modhráin (b. 1891) to her brother, Eamonn Modhráin. Clair writes about letters sent to and received by the family and notes that their mother is 'managing wonderfully well'. She also writes that a 'chap' going over to visit his brother had tried to visit Eamonn but did not succeed.Eamonn Modhráin (1881-1954) had been arrested after the Easter Rising and imprisoned, spending time in Wakefield Prison and Frongach Internment Camp. This letter was sent while he was in Wakefield. Eamonn and Clair's brother Lewis (Louis) (1893-1959) was also imprisoned in Wakefield at this time although he was soon released.

Clair Ní Modhráin
Eamonn O'Modhráin
1916-05-30
Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Personal Relations

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0344.html)