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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. The letter was written after Ryan's release from Frongach and refers to the prisoners who remained there. The writer sympathises with them as winter is coming and hopes they will be released when the British parliament resumes. The letter refers to others involved in the republican movement and mentions trips to Dublin.
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