Letter from Dr. Daniel Colohan, Assistant Bishop of Cork, printed in ‘Free Press', 20 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Daniel Colohan

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Langford, Riobárd (1896 -1978) was born in 1896 in Cork City and lived at Ashburton, near Mayfield, Cork and later at South Terrace, Cork. His family was originally from Cobh. His father was Charles Lankford, who worked as a printer in the Cork Examiner newspaper. This is a copy of letter from Dr. Daniel Colohan, Assistant Bishop of Cork, printed in ‘Free Press’ Saturday May 20th 1916. The letter concerns negotiations whereby the Irish Volunteers surrendered their arms in April 1916 and correcting the account which was given ‘in a recent issue of a London daily newspaper’. The letter gives a daily account of events, including meeting with the Lord Mayor and a British Military representative, and Volunteer leaders and men. It also details the various conditions which has been agreed for the hand over of arms and the events surrounding the hand over, including arrests of members of the Irish Volunteers and also describes the Church’s chaplaincy arrangements for volunteers in the County Gaol and in the Military Prison (near Victoria Barracks). It also includes MS. annotations by Riobárd Langford.

Cork City and County Archives U156/4 https://letters1916.ie/item/2776 English Daniel Colohan 1916-05-20 Cork, Ireland Male 1952 Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Easter Rising Ireland 1916

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 Address to reply to :- C1036 James Fitzgerald, Irish Prisoner, (Wakefield). c/o Chief Postal Censor,, London Mon. night 5th June 1916 P.S. Convey thanks to Mr. Campbell and Mr. Grogan for what they've done My Dearest Aunt and "Uncle", Your welcome letter reached me today, — with stamps enclosed.l Before you begin to read further just get my letter to Patrick first and read on after his, for I find that to write to all I must divide my news — or would you rather call it experiences — amongst you all, and you can get all by reading the ones I sent to Mother, Patk, Bob , and yourselves then the one I am just writing to yourselves. P.S. Convey thanks to Mrt. Campbell and Mr.Grogan for what the,ve done Wakefield is a rather dirty, sleepy little manufacturing town, corresponding to practically what Carlow is in Ireland — at least this is what the nurse, or rather one of the nurses who so kindly visited me, told me. Of course I don't know, having seen nothing excepting perhaps the station we alighted and of course the edifice, which at present holds me. This noble pile consists of four large halls as per figure with a large block and tower in the centre. Each of these halls consists of four wards numbered1, 2, 3, and 4. No. 1 ward is on the ground floor, no.2 on the next ,and so on. Each ward contains from 40 to 60 cells. Thus I am in C Hall, no. 1 ward, and in no 27 cell;— which incidentally was also the number of my cell in Cork, — thus you can understand the "Insignia" C1/27 on the corner of the first page. This is also the number on the badge which we wear for distinguishing purposes. Thus you can see it is in reality a convict prison like Kilmainham and others. We dont get black tea to drink as mother stated — it is black coffee and very objectionable stuff it is, too. She guessed right, partly, when she stated dry bread, for they manage to give us margarine with it for our supper. The meat for dinner has been easily discerned to be horseflesh which may be nice at times. One potato, two tablespoonfuls of beans and some soup make up the dinner proper. The other course is dry bread again. Still mind you it is better than what we got in Cork, but of that it will be sufficient to tell you later on. For 12 days we suffered what Dillon described in Parliament recently. He erred slightly in his numbers "22" or "23". To be strictly exact we were 231/4 hours out of every 24 in solitary confinement without distraction of any kind. However, the conditions are better now as you can see by letter to Mother. To return to a nicer sphere; you mention a Miss Carroll enquiring about me. Why not ask her to write to me. I sure she wouldn't refuse. Show her this. With remembrances to all other kind friends, I conclude, Dear mom & Lily, with love from your loving nephew, Jim P.S.Remees to Mother's ham Cork, Ireland Letter from Seamus Fitzgerald to his aunt and uncle, 5 June 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Sir Bertram Coghill Alan Windle, 1 April 1916.Letter from Sir Bertram Windle to Augustine Birrell, 30 March 1916.Letter from Dr. Daniel Colohan, Assistant Bishop of Cork, printed in ‘Free Press', 20 May 1916Letter from Amy to May Daly, 15 March 1923 Daniel Colohan Letter from Dr. Daniel Colohan, Assistant Bishop of Cork, printed in ‘Free Press', 20 May 1916