Telegram from Alfred Byrne to Mrs. Walter Harris Wilson, 23 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Alfred Byrne

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A telegram (with envelope) from Alfred (‘Alfie’) Byrne (1882–1956), Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) MP for Dublin Harbour, to Mrs. Walter Harris Wilson (or Katherine Anna (‘Katie’) Gifford Wilson (1875–1957)), informing her that the Under-Secretary for War will recommend that the authorities in Ireland stop the deportation of women.After the death of her husband in the 1918 influenza epidemic, Katherine Wilson returned to Ireland permanently (from Wales) and became active in Sinn Féin and Cumann na mBan. Katherine was sister to Muriel Enid Gifford MacDonagh (1884–1917) - who married Thomas MacDonagh (1878–1916); Grace (Evelyn) Gifford (1888–1955) - who married Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916) in Kilmainham Gaol hours before his execution; Helen Ruth (‘Nellie’) Gifford Donnelly (1880–1971) - who took part in the Easter Rising; and Sydney Madge (‘John Brennan’) Czira (Gifford) (1889–1974) - who submitted articles to Arthur Griffith's newspaper, 'Sinn Fein'.

 Military Archives of Ireland Allen Library, Br. Allen Collection, IE/AL/1916/53/1-2 https://letters1916.ie/item/542 English Alfred Byrne 1916-05-23 House of Commons, London, England Katherine Anna (‘Katie’) Gifford Wilson 7 Bushfield Park, Fairview, Dublin, Ireland Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS: Office of Origin, House of Commons Handed in at 4.17 Received here at 5.34 TO{ Wilson 7 Bushfield Park Fairview Dublin Under secretary for war informed me in House he will recommend to authorities in Ireland the advisability of stopping female deportments Byrne TELEGRAM NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY. Mr Walter Harris Wilson Temple Villas. 7 Bushfield Park, Fairview, Dublin, Ireland Telegram from Alfred Byrne to Mrs. Walter Harris Wilson, 23 May 1916 House of Commons, London, England Letter from the Home Office to Joseph Devlin, 26 July 1916Telegram from Alfred Byrne to Mrs. Walter Harris Wilson, 23 May 1916Letter from Herbert Samuel to John P. Boland, 1 August 1916Telegram from Alfred Byrne to Frank McNally, 12 July 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to John Redmond, 27 May 1916.Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Joseph Devlin, 8 August 1916Letter from John P. Boland to Inspector General R.I.C., 11 July 1916Letter from T J Hanna to Nicolas Lamb, 6 July 1916Letter from John French to John Redmond, 15 April 1916Letter from Frongoch to William O'Brien, 14 October 1916Letter from Michael Staines to Alfred Byrne, 11 October 1916 Alfred Byrne Letter from Alfred Byrne to Helena Molony and Nellie Gifford, 4 January 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Alfred Byrne, 1 April 1916Letter from Irish Prisoners, Frongoch to Alfred Byrne, MP, 11 October 1916Letter from Irish Prisoners, Frongoch to Alfred Byrne, MP, 13 October 1916Telegram from Alfred Byrne to Mrs. Walter Harris Wilson, 23 May 1916Telegram from Alfred Byrne to Frank McNally, 12 July 1916Letter from Alfred Bryne to Augustine Birrell, 30 March 1916Letter from Alfred Byrne to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 15 May 1916Letter from Michael Staines to Alfred Byrne, 11 October 1916