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               <p>This letter is from C.A. Munro (1869-1952) , governor of Mountjoy prison, to Mabel FitzGerald (née Washington McConnell) (1884-1958), wife of politician and intellectual Desmond FitzGerald (1888-1947). The letter refers to a portmanteau suitcase which had been sent to Desmond in prison, Munro writes that the case opens without difficulty and no help is needed.Charles Arthur Munro was the governor of Mountjoy prison in Dublin. He is also the brother of the noted author H.H. Munro, better known through his literary pseudonym, Saki. Mabel was a former governess in London. She later vigorously canvassed her former acquaintances in London's liberal circles for support for Francis Sheehy Skeffington (1878 -1916) during his hunger strike in 1915. Both Mabel and Desmond would serve in the GPO garrison during Easter Week.</p>
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                From the GOVERNOR,  H.M. PRISON, Mountjoy,    24<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> March,1916.    To Mrs Mabel W. Fitzgerald,  2, Loretto Villas,  Bray.    With reference to your communication regarding the portmanteau left <lb/>for your husband, I have to inform you that the spring fastening presents <lb/>no difficulty &amp; that it will not, therefore, be necessary for anyone to <lb/> call and demonstrate the method of opening the suit case. <seg type="closer"> CT Munro <lb/>Governor. </seg> 
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