Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, Tuesday 6 June 1916
letter from Sean T
just now. He is
in great form. H4No8
he is. She saw
Liam also and
they are all fine.
They are Wandsworth
of course. No more news.
I think now I shall
make Kit or Min
write soon and I
think we will send
a parcel tomorrow.
Phyllis. 19 Ranelagh Rd. Tuesday 6th June 1916. My dear Jim, I got your letters safely, and am very
grateful to you indeed. Kit (as you may have heard)
came out of Mountjoy yesterday morning, also Kathleen
Browne, Miss Gifford, Miss Ffrench Mullen, and Miss
Higgins. We gave them a great reception coming
out, there were a great crowd of us up outside
the prison, a lot of university students, and
outsiders too. We took Kathleen & Kit home here in
a taxi and they are both here still. Nell is
not out yet. But I think she will be in a
day or two. The Count & Countess Plunkett have
been ordered away to live in Oxford by the
10th June. & Dr Kathleen Lynn to Bath by the
same date. Kit is lucky to get off anyway.
And I am sure we'll have Nell soon.
There's only yourself now. Otherwise there's not
much news now. All the prisoners that
are left are being deported tonight. Then
there will be about 8 left for trial.
Stack & Collins and a few like that. 2 The crowds are all coming in to see Kit
and Kathleen. Kit is going back to
University on Thursday, as usual with all her
work etc. Min is working away at the
National Aid Association. They are setting
up concerts and Pic-nics etc. Stan is
still in Rathfarnham. She may come
back now as Kit is out. When are you coming home? Chris is coming up at week and to meet
Michael! Maura is coming back from
home on Wednesday. Min may be going
to London soon, if so of course she
will call to see you all. Nell is
writing ballads, as well as Fr P. Browne
and many another. It gets harder & harder to work every
day with the crowds coming in. I think
I have no other news at all. If Min
goes it will be next week I think. Goodbye. Love from M Browne (she's here)
and from us all. Yours, Phyllis Margaret Browne
Mrs S. McEntee
Philomena Frances Ryan (Phyllis O'Kelly) (1895–1983) is the sister of James Ryan. The letter is part of a collection of letters sent to Dr James Ryan (1891–1970) received while interned after Easter Week. Philomena Frances Kelly, neé Ryan, was the sister of James Ryan. She served as a messenger for the GPO garrison during the Easter Rising. She later married future president of the free-state Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh. James Ryan (1891-1970) studied medicine in UCD. He was appointed chief medical officer in the GPO during the Easter Rising. After the Rising he was imprisoned in Stafford and, later, Frongoch and was released in August 1916. Ryan was later a founder member of Fianna Fáil and a government minister.
- Phyllis Ryan
- James Ryan
- 1916-06-06
- Personal Relations
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__2278.html)
- Place
- 19 Ranelagh Road, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 19 May 1916
- Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, c. June 1916
- Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 1 June 1916
- Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, Tuesday 6 June 1916
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 26 May 1916
- Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 3 June 1916
- Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 25 June 1916
- Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 2 July 1916
- Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 11 July 1916
- Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 19 July 1916
- Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, c. August 1916
- Letter from Seaghan Z to James Ryan, 12 July 1916
- Letter from 'Teresa'(Agnes Ryan) to James Ryan, 20 May 1916
- Letter from Katherine Brady to James Ryan, 5 July 1916
- Letter from Joe to James Ryan, 25 May 1916
- Letter from Denis McCullough to James Ryan, c. June 1916
- Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 19 May 1916
- Letter from Madge Calnan to James Ryan , 8 June 1916
- Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, c. June 1916
- Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 1 June 1916
- Letter from Madge Calnan to James Ryan, 17 June 1916
- Postcard from 'M' to James Ryan, 27 May 1916
- Letter from 'Teresa' (Agnes Ryan) to her brother James Ryan, 4 June 1916
- Letter from Peggie O'Sullivan, Birmingham, to James Ryan, 1 July 1916
- Letter from Josephine Mary (Min) Ryan to James Ryan, 29 May 1916
- Letter from Chris Ryan to James Ryan, 13 June 1916
- Letter from Jim to James Ryan, 11 July 1916
- Letter from R. Hickey to James Ryan, 26 May 1916
- Letter from Mary M to James Ryan, 1916
- Letter from K.B to James Ryan, c. early June 1916
- Letter from Maudie Davin to James Ryan, 6 July 1916
- Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 4 July 1916
- Letter from James Ryan to Liam Ó Briain, 1 June 1916
- Letter from Michael Collins to James Ryan, 23 August 1916
- Letter from Michael Collins to James Ryan, 2 September 1916
- Letter from Eamonn T. Dore to James Ryan, 19 September 1916
- Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 26 August 1916
- Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 15 September 1916
- Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 22 October 1916
- Letter from Mairín Ní Ribhógh to James Ryan, 2 August 1916
- Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 13 September 1916
- Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 19 September 1916
- Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 11 June 1916
- Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, Tuesday 6 June 1916
- Letter to James Ryan from Frances Kelly
- Letter to James Ryan from Margaret
- Letter to James Ryan from May Gray
- Letter from Eamonn T. Dore to James Ryan, c. September 1916
- Letter from Mort O'Connell to James Ryan, 9 October 1916
- Letter from Maura [Power] to James Ryan, 18 October 1916
- Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 1 August 1916
- Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 7 October 1916
- Letter from D. C., Stafford, England, to James Ryan, 9 August 1916
- Letter from Peg O'Sullivan, Birmingham, to James Ryan, 2 October 1916