Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 15 September 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Seán T. O'Kelly

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A letter from Sean T. O'Kelly (1882-1966) to James Ryan (1891-1970). The letter was written after Ryan's release from Frongach but while O'Kelly was still imprisoned. The letter refers to a visit from Mary Kate (who looked 'tired') and another of Ryan's sisters, Min, and asks Ryan to send his regards to Phyllis.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. Sean T. O'Kelly was a politician and later president of Ireland. He was arrested after the Rising and imprisoned first in Wandsworth the Woking, Frogach and Reading. O'Kelly married Ryan's sister Mary Kate (Kit in the letter) in 1918 and after her death he married another of Ryan's sisters, Phyllis.

 University College Dublin Archives Dr James Ryan Papers, P 88/41 https://letters1916.ie/item/917 English Seán T. O'Kelly 1916-09-15 James Ryan Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Personal Relations

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 15-9-16 A Sheamuis Dhilis Thanks for your last very interesting epistle. I am wondering if you succeeded in your design of getting up to Dublin and back. I hope you got up in time to see our vivacious friend before her departure anyhow. Give her my kindest regards when you are writing again. Kit, Min and Fr. M have been here since last I wrote to you and I need not tell you how happy we were to see them. It was a great relief to see Min again. I was very anxious about her for the last few weeks. Martin and Min looked in the pink but Kit I thought looked a bit tired and worn. Art O'Brien was with me yesterday and I am in hopes of seeing Miss L. G.Duffy tomorrow when she comes to visit Ginger. I wrote to Liam yesterday. The letter was wholly in Irish. I sent it as a test. I hope he gets it safely. I had a long letter from 'the Widow' today — just as usual. Remember me to Phyllis. I hope to write to her soon. I know she is up to her eyes in work and can't write. This place resembles a monastery too much for good stories to flourish inside its precincts. You'd be put in the clink I believe if you only whispered the word 'Monkey'. Give my regards to any of the boys you come across. Do Bhuan Chara S.T. Seán T. O'Kelly Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seán T. O'Kelly, 22 April 1916Letter from William Pearse to Seán T. O'Kelly, 21 April 1916Letter from Michael O'Rahilly to Seán T. O'Kelly, 18 December 1915Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 26 August 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 15 September 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 22 October 1916 James Ryan Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 26 May 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 3 June 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 25 June 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 2 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 11 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 19 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, c. August 1916Letter from Seaghan Z to James Ryan, 12 July 1916Letter from 'Teresa'(Agnes Ryan) to James Ryan, 20 May 1916Letter from Katherine Brady to James Ryan, 5 July 1916Letter from Joe to James Ryan, 25 May 1916Letter from Denis McCullough to James Ryan, c. June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 19 May 1916Letter from Madge Calnan to James Ryan , 8 June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, c. June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 1 June 1916Letter from Madge Calnan to James Ryan, 17 June 1916Postcard from 'M' to James Ryan, 27 May 1916Letter from 'Teresa' (Agnes Ryan) to her brother James Ryan, 4 June 1916Letter from Peggie O'Sullivan, Birmingham, to James Ryan, 1 July 1916Letter from Josephine Mary (Min) Ryan to James Ryan, 29 May 1916Letter from Chris Ryan to James Ryan, 13 June 1916Letter from Jim to James Ryan, 11 July 1916Letter from R. Hickey to James Ryan, 26 May 1916Letter from Mary M to James Ryan, 1916Letter from K.B to James Ryan, c. early June 1916Letter from Maudie Davin to James Ryan, 6 July 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 4 July 1916Letter from James Ryan to Liam Ó Briain, 1 June 1916Letter from Michael Collins to James Ryan, 23 August 1916Letter from Michael Collins to James Ryan, 2 September 1916Letter from Eamonn T. Dore to James Ryan, 19 September 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 26 August 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 15 September 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 22 October 1916Letter from Mairín Ní Ribhógh to James Ryan, 2 August 1916Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 13 September 1916Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 19 September 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 11 June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, Tuesday 6 June 1916Letter to James Ryan from Frances KellyLetter to James Ryan from MargaretLetter to James Ryan from May GrayLetter from Eamonn T. Dore to James Ryan, c. September 1916Letter from Mort O'Connell to James Ryan, 9 October 1916Letter from Maura [Power] to James Ryan, 18 October 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 1 August 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 7 October 1916Letter from D. C., Stafford, England, to James Ryan, 9 August 1916Letter from Peg O'Sullivan, Birmingham, to James Ryan, 2 October 1916