Letter from Muriel MacDonagh to Kitty O'Doherty, 1 September 1916. Letters 1916-1923 Muriel MacDonagh

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Letter from Muriel MacDonagh to Katherine (Kitty) O'Doherty thanking her for the money she had received from Jennie Wyse Power (1858-1941). O'Doherty and Wyse Power were both active in the aid associations set up in the aftermath of the Rising to assist dependant's of those killed or injured during the Rising, as well as those who lost employment.Muriel Gifford (1884-1917) married Thomas MacDonagh in 1912 and they had one son. She tragically drowned on a family holiday in 1917. Thomas MacDonagh (1878-1916) was a poet and teacher. A leading member of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, he was one of the principle organisers of the Easter Rising and one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. He was executed on 3 May 1916 in Kilmainham Gaol.

 National Library of Ireland Thomas MacDonagh Family Papers, Collection List No 131, Ms. 24,376 /1 https://letters1916.ie/item/397 English Muriel MacDonagh 1916-09-01 34 Bloomfield Avenue, S.C.R., Dublin. Katherine O'Doherty Female Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 2/80 I.IX.16 34 Bloomfield Av S.C.R. Dear Mrs O'Doherty, I find that I have not yet acknowledged receipt of the cheque for £50 which was handed to me by Mrs Wyse Power on Wednesday Please thank the Committee on my behalf for it & also for the kind letter accompany- ing it. Yours sincerely Muriel MacDonagh Muriel MacDonagh Letter from Muriel MacDonagh to Kitty O'Doherty, 1 September 1916.Letter from James MacDonagh to Muriel MacDonagh, 4 May 1916 34 Bloomfield Avenue, S.C.R., Dublin. Letter from Muriel MacDonagh to Kitty O'Doherty, 1 September 1916.