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This letter was written by Ella Young (1867–1956) to Anna O'Rahilly (d.1958). In the letter Young asks Anna if Pearse's school, St. Endas, will reopen and whether they might be looking for teachers. She also mentions that a petition for the reprieve of Roger Casement (1864–1916), the Irish nationalist who was tried for treason following the 1916 Rising. Young was a poet, republican, and mystic actively involved in the Celtic Revival. After fleeing to Connemara during the aftermath of the 1916 Rising, she took a room in a Protestant-owned house in Dublin, where she later claimed that she had again hidden arms and ammunition, and helped two escaped republican prisoners to get out of the city. Anna was the sister of Michael 'The' O'Rahilly. O'Rahilly (1875-1916) was a nationalist and a journalist. In 1916 he aligned himself with Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945) and Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969) who opposed a preemptive rising. Although O'Rahilly played a large role in delivering MacNeill's countermanding order he felt obligated to stand with the men he recruited and trained. O'Rahilly was fatally wounded on Thursday 27 April when the GPO was being evacuated.
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