Letter to James Ryan from Frances Kelly Letters 1916-1923 Frances Kelly

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Frances Kelly, a student in Loreto who has only ever exchanged a few words with James Ryan, is writing to him because everyone is writing to the 'Patriots' in prison. She tells him about how anticipated letters from the 'Patriots' are, and also about the exams that are on at the time.

 University College Dublin Archives P88/21 https://letters1916.ie/item/2364 English Frances Kelly 1916-06-11 77 Stephen's Green James Ryan Female Politics Politics Country and City Life

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 77 Stephens Green June 11th 16 My dear Mr Ryan (no 'My dear Jim' that is nicer n'est ce pas:) Well I daresay a letter from me will surprise you not having exchanged twenty words together in the course of our acquaintance ship, however that doesn't matter does it? In any case I must be in the fashion now and write to one of the Patriots. To say we enjoy The various letters that are handed round from time to time from the Detention Camps would only mildly express it. One person is reading the first page Vive Voce while a second is declaiming the second or third all at the same time. I gleamed from the whole, various and interesting scraps of information: to wit that you are all going through a course of Char-ring, I hope you don't develop "house- maids knee". How are the other U.C.D's Please remember me to them. Mr. Dove & Mr Des Ryan and any others it doesn't matter whether I know them or not. I suppose you heard the awful news about poor old Kitchener going below. I was in the Kildare St Library when the Stop Press came out and well. I had an interesting psychological study. (or is that the proper word: should I say physiognomical?) Every body hardly without exception are burning mids midnight - I was going to say oil - no - grease in view of the approaching exams - it's well to get remorse even at the eleventh hour isn't it: Really I am chewing my pen to know what I'll say next. Every item of news I mention seems to have been already monopolized by May Molony or M. Moyes not to speak of Madge Calnan and I've been threatened with I don't know what by May Moloney if I write too long an epistle to you so I think I better bring these remarks to a close with all kinds of nice messages from everyone to you and all our friends Very Sincerely yours Frances Kelly. 77 Stephen's Green Letter to James Ryan from Frances Kelly James Ryan Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 26 May 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 3 June 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 25 June 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 2 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 11 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 19 July 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, c. August 1916Letter from Seaghan Z to James Ryan, 12 July 1916Letter from 'Teresa'(Agnes Ryan) to James Ryan, 20 May 1916Letter from Katherine Brady to James Ryan, 5 July 1916Letter from Joe to James Ryan, 25 May 1916Letter from Denis McCullough to James Ryan, c. June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 19 May 1916Letter from Madge Calnan to James Ryan , 8 June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, c. June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, 1 June 1916Letter from Madge Calnan to James Ryan, 17 June 1916Postcard from 'M' to James Ryan, 27 May 1916Letter from 'Teresa' (Agnes Ryan) to her brother James Ryan, 4 June 1916Letter from Peggie O'Sullivan, Birmingham, to James Ryan, 1 July 1916Letter from Josephine Mary (Min) Ryan to James Ryan, 29 May 1916Letter from Chris Ryan to James Ryan, 13 June 1916Letter from Jim to James Ryan, 11 July 1916Letter from R. Hickey to James Ryan, 26 May 1916Letter from Mary M to James Ryan, 1916Letter from K.B to James Ryan, c. early June 1916Letter from Maudie Davin to James Ryan, 6 July 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 4 July 1916Letter from James Ryan to Liam Ó Briain, 1 June 1916Letter from Michael Collins to James Ryan, 23 August 1916Letter from Michael Collins to James Ryan, 2 September 1916Letter from Eamonn T. Dore to James Ryan, 19 September 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 26 August 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 15 September 1916Letter from Sean T. O'Kelly to James Ryan, 22 October 1916Letter from Mairín Ní Ribhógh to James Ryan, 2 August 1916Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 13 September 1916Letter from Major C. Harold Heathcote to James Ryan, 19 September 1916Letter from Cis M. Coyle to James Ryan, 11 June 1916Letter from Phyllis Ryan to James Ryan, Tuesday 6 June 1916Letter to James Ryan from Frances KellyLetter to James Ryan from MargaretLetter to James Ryan from May GrayLetter from Eamonn T. Dore to James Ryan, c. September 1916Letter from Mort O'Connell to James Ryan, 9 October 1916Letter from Maura [Power] to James Ryan, 18 October 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 1 August 1916Letter from Kathleen Teebay, Stafford, England to James Ryan, 7 October 1916Letter from D. C., Stafford, England, to James Ryan, 9 August 1916Letter from Peg O'Sullivan, Birmingham, to James Ryan, 2 October 1916 Frances Kelly Letter to James Ryan from Frances Kelly