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The letter from Michael Collins (1890-1922) to James Ryan (1891-1970) is written from Frongach internment camp. Ryan had been imprisoned there with Collins but released early. Collins fills Ryan in on some of the happenings in the camp but mentions that many of his letters had 'meeting with accidents': they had not passed the censor's office. The letter also subtly refers to political organisation in the camp and tells Ryan to keep an eye on developments in Dublin Corporation.James Ryan studied medicine in UCD. He was appointed chief medical officer in the GPO during the Easter Rising. After the Rising he was imprisoned in Stafford and, later, Frongoch and was released in August 1916. Ryan was later a founder member of Fianna Fáil and a government minister. Michael Collins served as aide-de-camp to Joseph Plunkett in the GPO during the Rising and was imprisoned in Frongach. He went on to become Minister for Finance in the First Dáil, IRA Director of Information and President of the Provisional Government.
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