Letter and Christmas card from Seán Mac Diarmada to Máirín Cregan, 23 December 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Seán Mac Diarmada

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Seán Mac Diarmada (1883-1916) was one of the key organisers of the Easter Rising. He signed the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and was executed in May 1916. The letter wishes Máirín a happy christmas season and apologises for being unable to meet her. Máirín is probably Mairín Cregan, a prolific Irish children's writer who married James Ryan in 1919: the letter survives in Ryan's personal papers. The letter is sent from the office of the newspaper 'Nationality', an organ of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Mac Diarmada was the manager and registered owner of the newspaper.

 University College Dublin Archives Dr James Ryan Papers, P 88/54(1) https://letters1916.ie/item/3610 English Seán Mac Diarmada 1915-12-23 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin Mairín [Cregan] Male 1916 Country and City Life Personal Relations

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 "Nationality" Ár dtír féin Offices :— 12 D'OLIER STREET, Dublin, 23.12 1915 Dear Mairín, I'm enclosing a card to remind you of the happy season and to say that I wish you all the joys that life can give - the very best there is to be found — let me say how sorry I am that I could not have seen you on Monday evening. I then hoped to see you on Monday night and explain but alas, I was again disappointed. I console myself with the firm belief that you understand I could not go. Life in Dublin, in that sense, is somewhat miserable for the past few days. All the set are gone. I have not seen any of them since Sunday night. Oh yes I saw Miss Davin but at a distance I was in a train & she was going down Abbey St - not even within hailing distance. I hope you are having a very enjoyable holiday Yours very sincerely Seán MacDiarmuida NODLAIG AOIBHINN SHEUNMHAR SHUGHACH, GO SEOLTAR CHUGHAT A CHARA CHAOMH, FÉ BHEANNACHTGO RAIBH DO DHÚN, FÉ MHEIDHIR DO BHUIDHEAN BHUIDH, 'S TÚ FÉIN. Ó SEÁN MAC DIARMADA, Dublin Nodlaig, 1915 Seán Mac Diarmada Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to Tom Clake, 5 April 1916Letter from Seán Mac Diarmada to John Daly, 11 May 1916Letter from Sean MacDiarmada to John Daly, 8 May 1916Letter and Christmas card from Seán Mac Diarmada to Máirín Cregan, 23 December 1915 12 D'Olier Street, Dublin Letter and Christmas card from Seán Mac Diarmada to Máirín Cregan, 23 December 1915