Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 28 December, 1915. Letters 1916-1923 Geraldine Sarah Bourke

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This is a letter from Geraldine Sarah Bourke (née Ponsonby), Lady Mayo (1863-1944) to Augusta Caroline Dillon (née Crofton), Lady Clonbrock (1839-1928). Lady Clonbrock, wife of Luke Gerald Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock (1834-1917) was a member of the Irish Women's Association. Formed in London in the Spring of 1915, the IWA's purpose was to provide food and comforts for prisoners of war belonging to Irish Regiments. Lady Mayo(1863-1944), was a committee member in The Royal Dublin Fusiliers' County Kildare Committee. The Committee dealt with parcels for RDF prisoners of war abroad. This letter concerns Private Joseph Connolly, a Connaught Rangers P.O.W., who has been the subject of ongoing correspondence. Even though Lady Mayo's organisation only looks after Dublin Fusiliers, she sent parcels to this man on request because his mother was old and poor and couldn't send him much. The writer now wants the know if Lady Clonbrock's organisation will take him over. The enclosed letter mentioned has not survived. A note on the letter, presumably by Lady Clonbrock, reads notes the response given to Lady Mayo's letter.

 National Library of Ireland Clonbrock Estate Papers, Collection List No. 54; Ms. 35.796/11/15 https://letters1916.ie/item/1539 English Geraldine Sarah Bourke 1915-12-28 Palmerstown, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Augusta Caroline Dillon Female 1944 World War I (1914-1918) World War I (1914-1918)

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 Returned letters & said J. C. had been on county list for months &all C.R. Prisoners were well looked after — Dec. 31 — 1915 Telegraph Johnstown, Kildare Station Sallins. Palmerstown, Straffan, Co. Kildare. Dec 28. Dear Lady Clonbrock I was sent the name of 3237 Pt. Joseph Connolly Connaught Rangers no. 5 kompagnie group 34 Zivilgefangenen Langer Senne 1 Sennelagerbec Panerborn— Germany asking to have parcels sent to him as he only had an old mother who was too poor to send him much. As my Committee only look after the Dublin Fusiliers we cd. not help from our fund —but in case he was in want, I sent him myself a parcel on Dec. 7 & 18 containing tea, coffee & milk, condensed milk, cheese & herrings in tomatoe sauce & another will go on Thurs next — also bread from Berne for 6 weeks from Dec 7 Will your committee now take him on? I enclose the letters from Mrs. Shaw about him. Yours Sincerely Geraldine Mayo 1915 Joseph Connolly has been on county list for months Palmerstown, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Letter from Lady Mayo, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Kildare Committee, to Lady Clonbrock, 31 December 1915.Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 28 December, 1915. Geraldine Sarah Bourke Letter from Lady Mayo, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Kildare Committee, to Lady Clonbrock, 31 December 1915.Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 28 December, 1915.Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 1 September, 1916 Augusta Caroline Dillon Letter from Alfred Gerald Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 13 December 1915Letter from Alfred Gerald Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 1 October 1916Letter from Private M. Cahill to Lady Clonbrock, 17 April 1916Letter from J. L. Hay to Lady Clonbrock, 7 January 1916Letter from Private Patrick Furey to Lady Clonbrock, 4 January 1916Letter from Jessie Crofton to Lady Clonbrock, 19 April 1916Letter from John J. Thompson to Augusta Caroline Dillon, Lady Clonbrock, 13 November 1915Letter from Josephine Murray to Lady Clonbrock, 22 May 1916Letter from Elizabeth Francis Neill to Lady Clonbrock, 21 February 1916Letter from Maude Chenevix Trench to Lady Clonbrock, 13 June 1916Postcard from Maude Chenevix Trench to Lady Clonbrock, 16 May 1916Letter from Lady Clonbrock to Eliza Chamier, 24 May 1916Letter from George Hugh Chetwood Townsend to Lady Clonbrock, 1 April 1916Letter from Edith Francis Maxwell to Lady Clonbrock, 22 June 1916Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 2 August 1916Letter from Ursula Mahon to Lady Clonbrock, 18 July 1916Letter from Lady Mayo, Royal Dublin Fusiliers Kildare Committee, to Lady Clonbrock, 31 December 1915.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 12 August, 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 12 August 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 29 February 1916.Letter from Mrs. Arthur Goff to Lady Clonbrock, 25 February, 1916.Letter from Lady Mayo to Lady Clonbrock, 28 December, 1915.Letter from N. Maxwell, 23 July 1916.Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 23 February, 1916.Letter from Kathleen Lewis, 19 October 1916.Letter from George C. Townshend to Lady Clonbrock, 18 October 1916.Letter from Emma Armstrong to Lady Clonbrock, 26 June 1916Letter from the Marquess of Sligo to Lady Clonbrock, 23 October, 1916.Letter from Florence to Lady Clonbrock, 28 November 1916.