Letter from James Tyrrell to his wife Nora Tyrrell. 23 May 1916 from Wakefield prison
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For God For King & For Country
Y.M.C.A. Address reply to Regt No 721B James Tyrrell Irish Prisoner (Wakefield) c/o Chief Postal Censor London 23/5/16 Dear Nora I have not received any reply to the
letter I sent you last week. I have not got
any word of what they are going to do
with me yet. I had filled in a form
saying I had nothing to do with the trouble
and referred them to the Engineer to show
I was working. He will have the Doctor's
Certificate that I was sick on Tuesday &
Wednesday, and this ought be proof
enough for anyone. I expect the form
will be sent to Dublin and I suppose
as soon as they certify the statement I will
probably be released. The form has now been
filled in a week so the reply should be
here any time. I understand I will be 2
allowed to send one letter a week. Let me
hear from you as soon as you can.
Is May still at her music & is Robert
still going to school? Where are you stopping? I have
seen a great lot of people here from Dublin.
There is one old chap I knew who has only
one eye & he has been shoved over here too.
We will have great times when we get
back. I want you to keep some of the papers
with an account of what happened as I
don't know yet who was killed or injured (do not send). them.
who has taken up my job in Kingstown?
How are Jem & Annie. Is Jem better?
There is no use of you sending me anything
here. But I think you might have a look
round for a small shop, as I don't think
I will stop in the job anyhow. Tell everyone
I was asking for them. I am in the best of
health. I will close with a note for Bob & Jem.
BOB AND JEM
I WILL SOON BE COMING
HOME ON THE MAIL BOAT
DADDY
Write to me & I will reply as soon as I can. Jim
Y.M.C.A. Address reply to Regt No 721B James Tyrrell Irish Prisoner (Wakefield) c/o Chief Postal Censor London 23/5/16 Dear Nora I have not received any reply to the
letter I sent you last week. I have not got
any word of what they are going to do
with me yet. I had filled in a form
saying I had nothing to do with the trouble
and referred them to the Engineer to show
I was working. He will have the Doctor's
Certificate that I was sick on Tuesday &
Wednesday, and this ought be proof
enough for anyone. I expect the form
will be sent to Dublin and I suppose
as soon as they certify the statement I will
probably be released. The form has now been
filled in a week so the reply should be
here any time. I understand I will be 2
allowed to send one letter a week. Let me
hear from you as soon as you can.
Is May still at her music & is Robert
still going to school? Where are you stopping? I have
seen a great lot of people here from Dublin.
There is one old chap I knew who has only
one eye & he has been shoved over here too.
We will have great times when we get
back. I want you to keep some of the papers
with an account of what happened as I
don't know yet who was killed or injured (do not send). them.
who has taken up my job in Kingstown?
How are Jem & Annie. Is Jem better?
There is no use of you sending me anything
here. But I think you might have a look
round for a small shop, as I don't think
I will stop in the job anyhow. Tell everyone
I was asking for them. I am in the best of
health. I will close with a note for Bob & Jem.
BOB AND JEM
I WILL SOON BE COMING
HOME ON THE MAIL BOAT
DADDY
Write to me & I will reply as soon as I can. Jim
A letter sent from Wakefield prison on 23 May 1916 to Jim's wife Nora (née Crothers). Jim indicates in the letter that he had nothing to do with the events of 1916. Online resources list him as having being arrested in connection with events at Ballsbridge and sent to Wakefield on 6 May 1916. The references therein are to his children, Annie, Bob and Jim. Annie Tyrrell subsequently married Denis Fennell from Dublin.
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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1103.html)
- Place
- Dublin
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Paddy Holahan to Fr Albert, Church Street, 10 July 1916
- Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 31 January 1916
- Letter from James Tyrrell to his wife Nora Tyrrell. 23 May 1916 from Wakefield prison
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- Letter from Clair Ní Modhráin to her brother Eamonn in prison in England [May 30, 1916]
- Letter from Samuel Murray Power to Thomas Kirkpatrick, 15 June 1918
- Letter from Mr R. Desmond to Sir Matthew Nathan (Chief Secretary's Office), 15 April 1916.
- Letter from Patrick O'Loughlin to Ellen O'Loughlin, 23 August 1916
- Postcard from Louis Moran to his brother Eamonn
- Place
- Wakefield Prison, England
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Clair Ní Modhráin to Eamonn O'Modhráin, 30 May 1916
- Letter from James Tyrrell to his wife Nora Tyrrell. 23 May 1916 from Wakefield prison
- Letter from Eamonn O'Modhrain to his mother, Mary Moran from Wakefield Prison, England, June 5, 1916
- Postcard from Louis Moran to his brother Eamonn
- Letter from Gus to Eamonn O'Modhráin, 13 June 1916