Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 19 September 1916

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Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 19 September 1916

1 Prisoners' Effects.
James Ryan.
Claim No. 90. James Ryan, Tomcoole. Taghmon, Co. Wexford. Reference to your letter of 18/9/16. There is no occasion to return. It will be quite
satisfactory if you can call before the end of the
month. C. Harold Heathcote
Major.
0. i/c Prisoners' Effects.
Richmond Barracks,
Dublin.
19/9/16.

This is a letter from Major C. Heathcote to James Ryan (1891-1970). The letter is in reference to Ryan's attempt to secure the return of items taken from him after his arrest following the Rising.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. Heathcote was officer in charge of prisoners' effects in Richmond Barracks, where most of those arrested after the Rising was initially held.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1029.html)