Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916
Upper Camp
Frongoch
Near Bala
North Wales 12 .7.16 Dear Mother
Sorry I could not write
before this but as I told you in my last
letter we are only allowed to send two
letters every week and as for you com
ing to see me I think it would be a
foolish idea for we would have to
send a notice to the war office first
then we would be only allowed a 15
minutes of a interview so you know
it would only be waste of money
for it would cost you a good deal
to come here but if you wish to
come I wont stop you as regards my
self I am all right nothing to do and
plenty of time to do it. I am glad to see
by your letter you got the post card
quite safe form father Moore but sorry
to say we left him behind us in Stafford
he done a lot of work for us.
This letter is from a collection Patrick English (1894-1970), who at the time of writing was a prisoner inFrongoch internment camp, recently transferred from Stafford prison. This is part of a letter from Patrick to his mother, Kate English (b. 1855). In the letter, Patrick apologises for not writing before as he is only allowed two letters a week. He goes on to state it would be foolish for his mother the come to visit him and believes it would be a waste of money. Patrick then discusses his health and Father Moore, who he left at Stafford Prison. The remaining pages of the letter are missing.
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__1947.html)
- Place
- Frongoch, Wales
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Kate English in Finglas to Patrick English, c. June/July 1916
- Letter from Robert Driscoll to Patrick English, 13 August 1916.
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Treasa Ní Modhráin, Dublin, to her brother Eamonn, imprisoned in Frongoch, Wales, 19 May 1916
- Letter from Mary to Patrick English, 26 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 1916
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916
- Letter from Tomás Mac Curtain to Áine, 27 September 1916
- Letter from Col. F.A. Heygate Lambert to Sir Robert Chalmers, 26 July 1916
- Letter to Colonel F.A. Heygate Lambert, 25 July 1916
- Telegraph from Frongoch to Sir Robert Chalmers, 19 July 1916
- Telegraph from Frongoch to Sir Robert Chalmers, 26 July 1916
- Letter to Colonel F.A. Heygate Lambert, 18 July 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 9 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 17 August 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in prison, c. June/July 1916
- Place
- Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Kate English in Dunsink Cottage to Patrick English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 9 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 23 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 3 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in Stafford Prison, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English in Dunsink Cottage to Patrick English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English in Finglas to Patrick English, c. June/July 1916
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916
- Letter to Patrick English from his mother, Kate, 18 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 17 August 1916
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 9 May 1916
- Letter from Davie English to his brother, Patrick English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to her son, Patrick, 23 May 1916
- Letter from James Maloney to Patrick English, 3 July 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 3 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in Stafford Prison, c. June 1916
- Letter from 'May' to Patrick English, 21 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English in Dunsink Cottage to Patrick English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Kate English in Finglas to Patrick English, c. June/July 1916
- Letter from Robert Driscoll to Patrick English, 13 August 1916.
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, c. June 1916
- Letter from Mary to Patrick English, 26 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 1916
- Letter from Patrick English to Kate English, 12 July 1916
- Letter to Patrick English from his mother, Kate, 18 May 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 9 June 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English, 17 August 1916
- Letter from Kate English to Patrick English in prison, c. June/July 1916