Letter to Dr Kathleen Lynn from the Assistant Provost Marshal, 28 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923

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This is a letter to Dr. Kathleen Lynn (1874-1955) from the Assistant Provost Marshal at Dublin Castle. In this letter, the official states that property confiscated from Dr Lynn in Shop Street Barracks is in his possession, and will be returned to her when authorisation is granted to do so. He notes that as some prisoners have had property confiscated with a value of up to £80, he is obliged to ascertain whether prisoners' effects should be returned to them while they are still detained. The official suggests that Dr Lynn's effects at Liberty Hall have been destroyed during the bombardment, but allows that he has no personal knowledge of this.Dr Kathleen Lynn was a medical practitioner, a suffragist, a nationalist, and a revolutionary. Lynn was Chief Medical Officer of the Irish Citizen Army during Easter 1916, and was a part of the City Hall garrison, of which she took command of the garrison after the death of Seán Connolly on the first day of the Rising. After independence, Lynn played a major role in improving public health, and played a significant role in the eradication of tuberculosis in Ireland.

 Military Archives of Ireland Br. Allen Collection, IE/AL/KL/1/19 https://letters1916.ie/item/838 English 1916-05-28 Tower Castle Yard, Dublin, Ireland Kathleen Lynn Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Lower Castle Yard Dublin 28/5/16 Miss K. Lynn Dear Madam Your letter of the 26.5.16 has been passed to me. The property taken from you in Ship Street Barracks is in my possession & will be handed over when I am authorised to do so. As some of the prisoners effects amount to as much as £80 I have had to ask the question as to whether such monies are to be handed over whilst the owner is in detention. I presume your effects at Liberty Hall were destroyed when the place was bombarded, but of this I have no personal knowledge. Yours faithfully Emmanuel May Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Major W.S. Lennon to Madge Daly, 4 May 1916Letter from Maud Joynt to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 28 May 1916Letter to Dr Kathleen Lynn from the Assistant Provost Marshal, 28 May 1916Letter from Éamonn Ceannt to Áine Ceannt, 5 May 1916Letter from Jack (J.J.) Heuston to Mr. E. Walsh, 7 May 1916.Letter from Sean MacDiarmada to John Daly, 8 May 1916 Tower Castle Yard, Dublin, Ireland Letter to Dr Kathleen Lynn from the Assistant Provost Marshal, 28 May 1916 Kathleen Lynn Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn to the Deputy Adjutant General at Parkgate, 26 May 1916Letter from Maud Joynt to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 28 May 1916Letter to Dr Kathleen Lynn from the Assistant Provost Marshal, 28 May 1916Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn to Miss Carney, 6 June 1916Letter from Robert Childers Barton to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 11 July 1916Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 13 October 1916Letter from Kathleen Lynn to Nancy O'Rahilly, 23 November 1916.Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn to Dora, 31 October 1916Letter from John Pedder to Dr Kathleen Lynn, 2 August 1916Letter from Dr Kathleen Lynn, [post-April 1916]