Letter from Jeannie Adams to her mother Mary Adams, 27 April 1916
letter and paper on Monday, wasn't the weather very wet for Easter
this last few days has been nice. I hope you are all well is
your pains gone yet I hope so, had you any word from Johnnie
lately I have had none for a long time, I hope he is well
I think they are having a very hard time. I expect you
have heard all about the fighting in Dublin,wasnt it dreadful.
its coming very near us, there was 10,000 soldiers sent from
englandand a lot from Belfast.I heard there was a Bridge
blown up so that the train can't reach Dublin I hope they
won't start in Belfast. I know 3 girls that went to Dublin
on Monday and they have not arrived home yet. I am glad
there is no one belonging to us in it they say there is a lot
killed and wounded I think youseare fairly safe out there.
I wish it was all over. what does the Crawlie'ssay about
it are they on for it the volunteers around here have all been
called up. 2 we have got our new minister settled he seems very nice
he was preaching on Sunday night himself and the church
was packed I never saw so many people in it before
and everyone seemed to like him he has had a wedding
and a funeral he is only there a week today. he is to
start visiting soon ; had you any word from Lizzie lately
how is she getting on, it was very good of you sending me
the weecard I thank you all for it, if you get any word from
Johnnie will you write soon and let me know. Gordon Copeland was telling me he was up at Tullyhappy
on Tuesday. He says when he was coming back at night
he had to wait at Goraghwood from 7.30 till 9 o clock
before he could get a train maybe it was just as well
I was not home. If you don't hear from Johnnie don't be
to annoyed because there Is very few boats running
they may not be able to get themales mails accrossacross
I think this is all now.I will send you a paper.
Write me a good long letter soon give my best love to all I remain
Your Loving Daughter, Jeannie Adams
write soon to me
Letter from Jeannie Adams (d. 1936), to her mother Mary Adams (d. 1942). In the letter Jeannie writes that it is just a short line to say that she is well. She asks if her mother has heard from her brother and remarks that she thinks they are 'having a very hard time'. The letter also refers to the fighting that took place in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916. Jeannie refers to the soldiers that have been sent from England and Belfast to put down the rebellion. Jeannie Adams, born Jane Adams, later emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, where she died in 1936. During the Great War, her brother John Adams (1890-1971), served with the 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. He spent the winter of 1915-16 in the trenches near the Somme valley. John Adams was wounded two months before the Battle of the Somme and spent Christmas 1916 in a camp in Tipperary. After returning to the Western Front in early 1917, he was involved in the Battle of Messines and further fighting in Ypres (Passchendaele). He was seriously wounded in October 1918, a few weeks before the end of the war.
- Jeannie Adams
- Mary Adams
- 1916-04-27
- Easter Rising Ireland 1916
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0599.html)