Letter from M. Costello C.C. to Nancy O'Rahilly, 23 May 1916.

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Letter from M. Costello C.C. to Nancy O'Rahilly, 23 May 1916.

1 Ballinaskillys Caherciveen May 23rd 1916 Dear Mrs Rahilly, I am at a great
loss to express how deeply I feel
for you in your most sad
bereavement. I did not know your husband
personally - his name is a
household word here among
the people of BallinasKillys
where the sad news of his tragic
end was received with deep regret. 2 My stay in Dublin in February
was limited to two days, and it
was too late when I got your kind
invitation to call on you at H.O.
Mrs J writes to say she would
like to see Dublin in its destruction
for my part I would not. There is much I regret but
not all. Depend upon it that
spot in Moores it will be a
place of pilgrimage for generations
not yet born. With Sincerest Sympathy. M Costello C.C

This is a letter of condolence to Nancy O'Rahilly (1875-1961). The writer expresses deepest sympathy and says that The O'Rahilly's name is a household word in his area. He assures her that 'that spot in Moore St.' (where her husband died) will be a place of pilgrimage for generations to come.Nancy O'Rahilly was a member of the Provisional Council of Cumann na mBan at the founding in 1914 and the wife of Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, self-described as 'The' O'Rahilly (1875-1916). The O'Rahilly fought in the Easter Rising and 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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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1528.html)