Letter from Anna O'Rahilly to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Anna O'Rahilly

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A letter from Anna O'Rahilly (d. 1958) to Mabel Fitzgerald (née Washington McConnell) (1884-1958), wife of politician and intellectual Desmond FitzGerald (1888-1947). The letter refers to a bicycle borrowed by FitzGerald to get to the GPO on the first day of the Rising. Anna enquires about its possible whereabouts on behalf of O'Rahilly's wife. A note dated March 1992 explains what happened to the bicycle.Anna O'Rahilly was a sister of Michael Joseph O'Rahilly ('The O'Rahilly') (1875–1916). Both O'Rahilly and FitzGerald had been supportive of attempts to stop the Rising taking place but joined in once it has started. O'Rahilly was killed in Moore Lane on Thursday of Easter week. 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.

 University College Dublin Archives FitzGerald Papers, P80/1584/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/1356 English Anna O'Rahilly 1916-05-25 84 Northumberland Road, Dublin Mabel FitzGerald Female Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 54 Northumberland Road Dublin. May 25th 1916 Dear Mrs Fitzgerald My sister in law asked me to write to you about the bicycle that Mr Fitzgerald took that fatal morning to go to the post office Perhaps by chance Mr Fitzgerald did not bring it to there - you said something about meeting him & that you walked together to the office - Could he possibly have left the bicycle in some other place where it might be now safe Mac lost his cycle since so they are badly off for one now. With kind regards I am Yours vy sincerely Anna O'Rahilly. Added in 1992 The tyre had burst in Mill Town while Desmond was on his way to Rathfarnham to tell MacNeill that the Rising was on and Desmond had abandoned it there. Garrett Fitzgerald 20/3/92 84 Northumberland Road, Dublin Letter from Anna O'Rahilly to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916 Anna O'Rahilly Letter from Bridie O'Rahilly to Anna O'Rahilly, 25 May 1916Letter from Denis Mangan to Anna O'Rahilly, 11 August 1916.Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly, 28 May 1916Letter from Lieutenant Colonel R. L. Owens to Anna O'Rahilly, 29 May 1916Letter from Kenneth Healings to Anna O'Rahilly, c. August 1916Letter from Patrick Hayes to Anna O'Rahilly, 13 May 1916Letter from Patrick Hayes to Anna O'Rahilly, 23 August 1916Letter from Stephen Purcell to Anna O'Rahilly, 24 December 1916Letter from Maud Griffith to Anna O'Rahilly, 13 September 1916Letter from Sister M. Marcella to Anna O'Rahilly, 20 July 1916Letter from Anna O'Rahilly to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916Letter from John O'Brien to Anna O'Rahilly, 1916Letter from Ella Young to Anna O'Rahilly, 13 July 1916Letter from S. M. O'Meara to Anna O'Rahilly Mabel FitzGerald Letter from Margaret Pearse to Mabel FitzGerald, 16 July, 1916.Letter from Neans bean í Rathgaille (Nancy O'Rahilly) to Mabel FitzGerald, circa 26 May 1916.Letter from Nancy O'Rahilly to Mabel FitzGerald, May 1916.Letter from Caitlín Burgess to Mabel FitzGerald, 1 June 1916.Letter from Desmond FitzGerald to Mabel FitzGerald, 8 November 1915Postcard from Mabel Fitzgerald to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 28 February 1916Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 22 February 1916Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 21 March 1916Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 24 March 1916Letter to Mabel FitzGerald, 1916Letter from T.M. Healy to Mabel FitzGerald, 24 May 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald, 24 May 1916Letter from John Dillon to Mabel FitzGerald, 24 May 1916Letter from John Dillon to Mabel FitzGerald, 24 May 1916Letter from Anna O'Rahilly to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916Letter from John Brosnan to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916Letter from John Muldoon to Mabel FitzGerald, 26 May 1916Letter from T.J. Hanna to Mabel FitzGerald, 26 May 1916Letter from Laurence Ginnell to Mabel FitzGerald, 26 May 1916Letter from Julia Evans to Mabel FitzGerald, 13 May 1916Letter from Captain, Richmond Barracks to Mabel FitzGerald, 14 May 1916Letter from J.H.G. Stantin to Mabel FitzGerald, 20 May 1916Letter from R.F. Sergeant probably to Mabel FitzGerald, 21 May 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to Brigadier General, Richmond Barracks, 22 May 1916Letter from Nancy Campbell to Mabel FitzGerald, 23 May 1916Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916Letter from W. Goodman to Mabel FitzGerald, 12 April 1916.Telegram from Superintendent of Police, Kingstown to Mabel FitzGerald, 10 May 1916.Letter from Mabel FitzGerald, 10 May 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to the Governor of Richmond Barracks, 11 May 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to John Redmond, 27 May 1916.Letter from Annie F. to Mabel FitzGerald, 27 May 1916.Letter from Robert Lynch to Mabel FitzGerald, 28 May 1916.Letter from John Redmond to Mabel FitzGerald, 29 May 1916.Letter from Caitlín Ní Shéaghda to Mabel FitzGerald, 30 May 1916.Letter from the Major E. Reade to Mabel FitzGerald, 31 May 1916Letter from Harry Stockman to Mabel FitzGerald, 31 May 1916.Letter from R.C. Barton to Mabel FitzGerald, 1 June 1916.Letter from R. C. Barton to Mabel FitzGerald, 21 May 1916.Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to the Governor, Mountjoy Prison, 2 June 1916.Letter from Máire Ní Catháin to Mabel FitzGerald, 3 June 1916.Letter from Austin Stack to Mabel FitzGerald, 4 June 1916.Letter from the Charles Arthur Munro, the Governor of Mountjoy Prison, to Mabel FitzGerald, 5 June 1916.Letter from Ernest Blythe to Mabel FitzGerald, 8 June 1916.Letter from M.B. McDonough to Mabel FitzGerald, 16 June 1916.Letter from Major E. Reade to Mabel FitzGerald, 20 June 1916.Letter from Major E. Reade to Mabel FitzGerald, 5 July 1916.Letter from Major E. Reade to Mabel FitzGerald, 10 July 1916.Letter from Major E. Reade to Mabel FitzGerald, 15 Jult 1916.Letter from Major E. Reade to Mabel FitzGerald, 20 July 1916.Letter from Major E. Reade to Mabel FitzGerald 4 August, 1916.Letter from The Governor, Dartmoor Prison to Mabel FitzGerald, 18 August 1916.Letter from Charles Arthur Munro to Mabel FitzGerald, 24 November 1915Letter from Mabel FitzGerald [June 1916]Letter from Desmond FitzGerald to Mabel FitzGerald, 7 March 1916Letter from Desmond FitzGerald to Mabel FitzGerald, 30 December 1915 Letter from Desmond FitzGerald to Mabel FitzGerald, 8 February 1916Letter from Mabel FitzGerald to the Governor, Dartmoor Prison, 22 June 1916.