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               <p>Letter from Lady MacDonnell of the Irish Women's Association to Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928) on the aid to Mesopotamia that was received by the Connaught Rangers. MacDonnell writes that she also regrets that they didn't have time to catch up while Lady Clonbrock.Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton) was the wife of Luke Gerald Dillon (1834-1917), the 4th Baron of Clonbrock, Co. Galway and the daughter of Lord Crofton of Mote Park (Edward Henry Churchill Crofton, 3rd Baron), Co. Roscommon. Aged 75 at the outbreak of war, Lady Clonbrock, worked closely with the Irish Women's Association to send basic necessities to Irish POWs. Many of her care packages went to members of the Connaught Rangers imprisoned in Limburg near Cologne.</p>
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              Pre-printed <lb/>Patronesses. <lb/>THE MARCHIONESS OF SLIGO <lb/>THE MARCHIONESS OF ORMONDE <lb/>THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF <lb/>DUFFERIN AND AVA <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF SHAFTESBURY <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF GRANARD <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF BESSBOROUGH <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF KINGSTON <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF ANTRIM <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF MAYO <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF BANDON <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF KENMARE <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF LIMERICK <lb/>THE COUNTESS OF KERRY <lb/>THE VISCOUNTESS GORMANSTON <lb/>THE VISCOUNTESS POWERSCOURT <lb/>THE VISCOUNTESS BRYCE <lb/>THE LADY ARDEE <lb/>THE VISCOUNTESS ST.CYRES <lb/>THE LADY GWENDOLEN GUINNESS <lb/>THE LADY CECILIE GOFF <lb/>THE LADY CLONBROCK <lb/>THE LADY TEMPLEMORE <lb/>THE LADY ARDILAUN <lb/>THE LADY RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN <lb/>THE LADY BARRYMORE <lb/>LADY WELDON <lb/>LADY FITZGERLAD (OF VALENCIA) <lb/>LADY FITZGERLAD-ARNOTT <lb/>LADY PÃE <lb/>LADY BUTLER <lb/>LADY (EDWARD) HENRY <lb/>LADY MATHEW <lb/>MADAM MACDERMOT <lb/>MRS. JOHN REDMOND <lb/>MRS. COOPER <lb/>MRS. DEASE <lb/>MRS. LOFTUS <lb/>MISS EMILY HICKEY <lb/>MISS ELEANOR HULL <lb/>MISS MAHAFFY <lb/> President. <lb/>THE LADY MACDONNELL OF SWINFORD <lb/> 3, BUCKINGHAM GATE, <lb/>LONDON, S.W. <lb/>Vice-President. <lb/>MRS. BRYANT, D.Sc., LITT.D. <lb/> 6, ELDON ROAD, HAMPSTEAD, <lb/>LONDON, N.W. <lb/>Executive Committee. <lb/>MRS. JOHN BOLAND <lb/>MRS. CRILLY <lb/>MISS FITZGERALD <lb/>MISS MARGARET GOUGH <lb/>LADY (EDWARD) HENRY <lb/>MISS K. MCDONNELL <lb/>MISS RETA OLDHAM <lb/>MRS. LOUGH, Hon. Treas. <lb/>HON. ANNE MACDONNELL, Hon. Sec <lb/>Hon. Auditors. <lb/>MESSRS. WRIGHT, WAKE, PRICE &amp; CO. <lb/>Chartered Accountants. <seg type="head">The Irish Women's Association <lb/>(to aid Irish Regiments and Prisoners of War) </seg>   Kensington Palace,   London, W.  Telephone No.  Park 4139.    September 23. 1916.   Dear Lady Clonbrock,   We have just received a <lb/> letter, of which I enclose you a copy, from <lb/>the Major of the Connaught Rangers in Mesopoâ <lb/>tamia. They seem very pleased indeed with <lb/> their parcels, and I see from <seg type="del">the</seg> our  enclosed <lb/> forms, which they return, that they all <lb/> arrived on the 12th. July.   I hope you are keeping well and Lord <lb/> Clonbrock also. It was a great disappointment <lb/> to me to see so little of you when you were <lb/> in town, but the Association now takes all my <lb/> time, and I never see my friends, even those <lb/> who are living in London.  <seg type="closer"> Yours very sincerely,  Henrietta MacDonnell </seg> 
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