Letter from Ella Young to Alice Stopford Green, 6 August 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Ella Young

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A letter from Ella Young (1867–1956) to Alice Stopford Green (1847-1929). In this letter, written on 6 August 1916, Young reports on the collection of signatures for the reprieve of Roger Casement, who was hanged for treason on 3 August, as well as the local reaction to his death.Young was a poet, republican, and mystic actively involved in the Celtic Revival. Alice Stopford Green was an Irish historian and nationalist. While not a supporter of armed rebellion, her house provided a space for leading nationalists to meet. Stopford Green had collaborated with Roger Casement on Congo Reform and, after the Easter Rising in 1916, she tried to save him from execution.

 National Library of Ireland Roger Casement Papers, List no. A15, Ms. 13,088 /9 https://letters1916.ie/item/1304 English Ella Young 1916-08-06 The O'Curry College, Carrigaholt, County Clare Alice Stopford Green Female Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Politics

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 The O' Curry College Carrigaholt Co. Clare 6th August, 1916. Dear Mrs. Green, Colonel Moore has asked me to give you particulars of the petitions which a group of people working from this College originated. I am enclosing a list but think that it does not represent the total sent in, as in each case the people to whom forms were sent were asked to enlist their friends in these districts and some of them did so. Mr. Claud Chevasse wrote out a form of petition in Gaelic which he sent to some friends in Gaelic districts. I think it highly probable that in each place these petitions were signed & forwarded, but only in two instances did the people concerned write to say they had forwarded the petitions. Mr. Claud Chevasse has left the college, but if you write to him at Temple HIll Terenure Dublin, he may be able to procure definite information as to the work done in each place. Mr L. Mac Mr. L. Mac Eochadda got many copies typed and procured nine petitions through friends in various places. He thinks that more than nine were sent in & I have asked him to provide particulars as to these & let you know. Among those who worked very hard were Mr. Francis Ormsby, Ranelagh Schools Althlone & Miss Mac Mahon of this College. He instructed the people in each case to send the petitions directly to Mr Asquith so cannot estimate the number of names signed. I heard that a great number of names were attached to the Galway & Carlow petitions & Father Creghan of Grange told me he had got all the best names in Sligo. The Carrigaholt petition has I think between 70 & 100 names was signed by all the local people of importance. We were greatly hampered in our work by the shortness of time & by the fact that all news reached us a day late. We had only two typewriters and Miss Nellie O'Brien & Miss Noreen Fox had to work very hard. There is not a district in Ireland that would not have sent petitions. These people only needed to be told what to do & where to send the petitions, but I am afraid many districts did not even know till too late that petitions could be sent. Letters on the subject were not allowed in the Dublin papers till near the end. We got as many letters as possible into local papers but many of them are only published weekly. Mass was said on Thursday Wednesday for the life of Mr. Roger Casement & you on Friday. We would have had Mass on Thursday but did not know the reprieve had been refused. News only reached us in answer to wire in the afternoon. Everyone here was filled with rage & grief & we all hope that means will be taken to let people all over the world & especially in America know the brutal details of this latest example of English rule in Ireland. Nothing could illustrate better than the fate of Sir Roger Casements and Sir —Pyle. Mr. Pyle was a fishmonger who grew rich enough to get himself voted into the Lord Mayorship of Dublin as a strong nationalist. At the right moment when Queen Victoria paid a visit to this country he turned traitor to his party and was made a baronet as a reward for proposing the address of welcome Note running up the side of the page: Miss M. O' Farrelly the Irish College Gortahork Co. Donegal could give you particulars of those sent from Donegal. I know too that petitions were forwarded from Very illegible text continued along top of page section. We have not particularly. perhaps Miss Helen Ui Neill would tell you. Sincerely yours Ella Young The O'Curry College, Carrigaholt, County Clare Letter from Ella Young to Alice Stopford Green, 6 August 1916Letter from Ella Young to Alice Stopford Green, 9 August 1916 Alice Stopford Green Letter from Alice Stopford Green to Herbert Henry Asquith, 17 May 1916.Letter from Alice Stopford Green to General Botha, 16 June 1916.Letter from Mary O'Nolan to Alice Stopford Green, 25 July 1916Letter from Michael Fogarty to Alice Stopford Green, 1916 July 26.Letter from Michael James Quin to Alice Stopford Green, 28 July 1916Letter from Maurice Moore to Alice Stopford Green, 27 July 1916Letter from M. J. O'Donnell to Alice Stopford Green, 28 July 1916Letter from Fr Michael O'Flanagan to Alice Stopford Green, 30 July 1916Letter from Joseph Delaney to Alice Stopford Green, 29 July 1916Letter from John J. O'Mahony to Alice Stopford Green, 29 August 1916Letter from Ella Young to Alice Stopford Green, 6 August 1916Letter from James O'Shea to Alice Stopford Green, 30 July 1916Letter from Ella Young to Alice Stopford Green, 9 August 1916Letter from Alice Stopford Green to John Quinn, 27 August 1916 Ella Young Letter from Ella Young to Alice Stopford Green, 6 August 1916Letter from Ella Young to Anna O'Rahilly, 13 July 1916Letter from Ella Young to Alice Stopford Green, 9 August 1916