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Madam Referring to your request
for the body of the late Edward
Daly, I am directed to inform you
that it is regretted that your
request cannot be granted. W J Lennon
Army
Commdt Miss Mary Daly
This applies also in the case of the
late T. J. Clarke, (request made by Mrs Clarke )
Letter from Major W.S. Lennon, commandant of the Detention Barracks, Kilmainham to
Madge Daly declining to return the bodies of Edward Daly and Tom Clarke for burial.
Madge Daly (1877 - 1969) was the sister of Commandent Edward Daly (1891 - 1916). Daly's
battalion was stationed at the Four Courts during the Easter Rising until ordered
to surrender by Pearse on 29 April. Daly was sentenced t death by court martial and
was executed by firing squad on 4 May 1916.The letter also refers to the case of Tom
Clarke (1858 - 1916) who was married to Daly's sister Kathleen. Clarke served in the
GPO during Easter Week and was sentenced to death for his role in the Rising. He was
executed on 3 May 1916 and buried at Arbour Hill prison cemetery.