Letter from Micheal Garry to Alexander Richard Barlas, 19 April 1916.

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Letter from Micheal Garry to Alexander Richard Barlas, 19 April 1916.

1 WorkHouse
Killadysert, 19th April, 1916. To
The Secretary,
Local Government board,
Ireland Sir, In reply to your letter dated 18th April 1916,
No.18.276 : 1916 I beg to state that since Mr D'Alton,
Local Government inspector instructed me re Patrick
Hastings an insane inmate of this Workhouse, I have
been taking every precaution to prevent this man
writing and posting letters to His Majesty, The King, or
the members of the Royal Family, and I sincerely regret
any annoyance caused His Majesty in the matter. I am ,Sir, Yours Faithfully, M. Garry,
Master.

Letter from Micheal Garry (b.1883), master of the workhouse in Killadysert, County Clare to Alexander Richard Barlas (b.1862). Barlas was the secretary for the Local Government Board. In this Garry is apologizing on behalf of one of his insane work house inmates who has been sending unwanted mail to the king and members of the Royal family.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__2120.html)