Letter from James O' Dwyer to Art Ó Briain, 31 August 1916 Letters 1916-1923 James O' Dwyer

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The letter from Irish Prisoner of War number 1129 clarifies a request made of a Mrs Ginnell for a strong bag, acknowledges receipt of stamps and makes reference to the well being of the prisoners. From the Art Ó Briain Papers held in the National Library of Ireland. NLI records indicate that MS 8434 /23 is a collection (13 items) of letters from prisoners in Frongoch and Reading jails. Art Ó Briain (1872-1949) was Honorary Secretary of The Irish National Relief Fund which was set up to provide assistance to the dependents of those executed in 1916, those sentenced to prison and to the prisoners themselves. According to the 1936 Roll of Honour, James O' Dwyer was a member of the Irish Citizen Army and served at the Stephen's Green Garrison.

 National Library of Ireland Art Ó Briain papers, c. 1900-c.1945, Ó Briain’s work for Irish political prisoners (1916-21), MS 8434 / 23-6 https://letters1916.ie/item/3988 English James O' Dwyer 1915-08-31 Frongoch, North Wales, United Kingdom Art O Briain London, England Male Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Politics

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 James O' Dwyer 1129Irish Prisoner of WarFrongoch Camp North Wales August 311916 Dear Art O' Brien In answer to your letterThe bag I asked Mrs. Ginnellfor was one to hold myclothes any sort of a strongone will do Thanking you for the stampsWe are all well hear here andmaking the best of ours Ciptivity Sincerely YoursJames O' Dwyer Frongoch, North Wales, United Kingdom Letter from Art Ó Briain to John J Neeson, 4 September 1916Letter from James O' Dwyer to Art Ó Briain, 31 August 1916 London, England Letter from Lancelot Worthy Horne to Robert Chalmers 31, May 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to Bertram Cubitt, 10 June 1916Letter from Lancelot Worthy Horne to Command Paymaster, 8 May 1916Telegram from Basil Home Thomson, Assistant Commissioner at New Scotland Yard, to Sir Neville Chamberlain, 9 April 1916Letter from Sir Edward O'Farrell to Sir Reginald H Brade, War Office, 12 November 1915Letter from John Condon to Herbert Samuel, 17 June 1916Letter from Matthew Nathan to the Treasury, 3 March 1916Letter from Lady Henrietta MacDonnell to Lady Clonbrock, 23 September 1916Postcard from C.D. Groom to Lady Clonbrock, 1 March 1916Letter from Lady Henrietta MacDonnell to Lady Clonbrock, 28 October 1916Letter from Colonel Douglas Proby, to Matthew Nathan, 25 February 1916Letter from Herbert Samuel to Lord Wimbourne, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 15 February 1916Letter from Colonel Douglas Proby to Augustine Birrell, 26 January 1916Letter from Labour Party of Bruff, Co. Limerick to British PM H.H. Asquith, February 1916Letter by Edward O'Farrell to R.J. Nugent, 29 February 1916Letter from the Controller, Foreign Trade Department, to Sir Matthew Nathan, 19 February 1916Telegram from James Davidson to Samuel and Clara Davidson, 8 April 1916Letter from William Haldane Porter to Edward O'Farrell, 1 January 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to M.J. Murphy MP, 11 November 1916Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916Letter from Michael Governey to Major General, Army Veterinary Service, 10 January 1916Letter from Henry Lawson to Director General, Army Veterinary Service, 18 January 1916Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Cecil Harmsworth, 1 April 1916.Letter from Cecil Harmsworth to Augustine Birrell, 31 March 1916Letter from Edward O'Farrell to the Secretary, General Post Office, London, 1 June 1916 Telegram from the Managing Editor, Central News to the Secretary, Dublin Castle, 20 May 1916Letter from Celia Duffin to Auntie D, 3 December 1915Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 13 February 1916Letter from Father Edward Murnane to George Gavan Duffy, 24 July 1916Letter from Laurence Ginnell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 19 May 1916Card from Father Bally to the editor of the Irish Citizen, 2 November 1915Letter from Art Ó Briain to The Commandant, Frongoch Internment Camp 8 September 1916Letter from Art Ó Briain to John J Neeson, 4 September 1916Letter from James O' Dwyer to Art Ó Briain, 31 August 1916Letter from J E Lyons to Miss Coates, 5 July 1916Postcard to Edward Carson, 4 May 1916Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Sir William Henry Thompson, 2 February 1918Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Herbert Eldon Roaf, 14 March 1919Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Captain J.C. O'Farrell, 11 June 1919Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Mrs. R.J. Quin, 30 September 1919Letter from Paddy Guinness to Cesca Chenevix Trench, 6 June 1916Telegram from Basil Home Thomson, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, to Sir Neville Chamberlain, 8 April 1916Letter from Henry Wilson to James Craig, 1922 James O' Dwyer Letter from James O' Dwyer to Art Ó Briain, 31 August 1916