Letter from Susan Fitzgerald to Michael Gorman, 25 July 1916

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Letter from Susan Fitzgerald to Michael Gorman, 25 July 1916

1 Writing at the top left-hand side written sideways I'm delighted
with 'smirks sweet'
&I'll tell you what
I think of it when
I see you. love
Sue Beginning of the letter Raheena House Ho, Stradbally Queen's Co Sunday. Dearest old Mickie, I was delighted
as usual to hear from
you on yesterday. I've had
a fairly busy week
between tennis & picnic,
& a Red Cross fete at
Mary bow'. The tennis
was held at a place 2 Note written on the side of the page Give my best wishes to wow. Tell him I
have lots of countrymen now - no need to go down Brumswell
Street Continuation of the letter 3 I heard Eddie Wyman is qualified & expects
to be in the R.A.M.C. soon Continuation of the letter have such a nice time
together, of course we
could do all this in Sept too
but August is so much warmer
& I may not be able to get
to Dublin for some time. I
was delighted to hear all
about Cogley's party. I heard
Delaney play once in Athy &
he plays well, I think. How
long are the Sargent staying in
Dalkey. They must have a great
old time. I was very sorry to
hear the sad news about Madam
Brown Is she really bad or what
is wrong with her? I had a
letter from Mrs Noble asking
me up to see Florrie on Saturday.
She is very ill at present &
suffering great pain. I haven't anymore news so I'll finish With very best love Yr Sue. 4 M.J. Gorman Esq., Albert College Glasnevin Dublin

Letter from Susan Fitzgerald (d. 1980) to Michael Gorman. The letter refers mainly to a proposed meeting of the pair and Susan writes that she had been dropping hints to her mother to go for a holiday so they could meet in her house. She also briefly refers to events at home and to some mutual friends including 'Drew', James P Drew who went on to become a professor and head of Albert College.Michael Gorman was one a large Catholic family living at a farm in Ballinalug, County Laois (then Queen's County). Susan Fitzgerald was one a Church of Ireland family living in Raheenahone House near Stradbally, County Laois, also in the Slieve Bloom mountains. At the time the letter was written they were involved in a courtship but owing to the religious difference the love affair had to be kept secret. Eventually both were in Dublin: he in the Albert Agricultural College in Glasnevin (where he eventually became Professor of Agricultural Botany and Biochemistry) and she as a volunteer nurse in the Royal Hospital in Baggot Street. They eventually went to London to marry.

Susan Fitzgerald
Michael Gorman
1916-07-25
Personal Relations Country and City Life

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1284.html)