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This letter is from Máire de Buitléir (1873-1920) It was sent to Nancy O'Rahilly, (1875-1961). The writer expresses sympathy on the death of The O'Rahilly and assures Mrs. O'Rahilly of her prayers - she also prays for her own husband and she is sure that he and O'Rahilly are in paradise together. The writer remarks on the high degree of respect there is for Mr. O'Rahilly, even among those who didn't know him, didn't share his political outlook, and who 'disapproved entirely of the Rising'.Máire de Buitléir was a writer and Gaelic League activist, married to Tomás Ó Núalláin, (d.1914), Latin Professor and Irish scholar. Nancy O'Rahilly was a member of the Provisional Council of Cumann na mBan at the founding in 1914. She was the wife of Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, self-described as 'The' O'Rahilly (1875-1916), who was shot in Parnell/Moore Street on 28 April 1916 and died some time later. Nancy was pregnant at the time of her husband's death – the child was born three months later.
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