Letter from J E Lyons to Miss Coates, 5 July 1916
appear to be meeting I send the
copy of a letter from Frongock.
I have received several mostly from
the poor citizen army men whom I
visited at Wandsworth. The Censor had quite washed out two
lines of one letter from a Lewes friend
- teacher of Irish at Rockwell Coll: but
one sentence was camp practically
under our own control. However the letter of one old man
whose son was with him at Wandswth
is full of details from the camp.
(which I had asked him to supply). 5/7/16. Dear Miss Coales, We arrived here on
the 26th and I take the opportunity
of thanking you for your kindness
to us during our stay in Wandsworth
which helped to brighten our
lot very much while there. The prisoners here are separated
into two camps. North and South I am int he 8th Camp where there 2 2. are about 600 men. We are in huts about
30 in each which are well lighted,
ventilated and clean. We take our
meals in huts preserved for the
purpose. Our own men manage
the camp, keep order, cook clean etc The supply of rations is fair, the
bread and meat being fresh
and the tea of good quality.
There is very little margarine or
butter, no cheese, or jam. There is
a canteen where these things can
be brought, but as there are a
number of men who have no money
they have to do without them and
also without cigarettes, tobacco
and matches. If you could do
anything for us in this matter
you would confer a great benefit
on us. Thanking you again. Yours faithfully J. E Lyons. This letter as all others took a
week to reach me. Another letter of a young Dublin lad
whom my mother found and had never had
a visit until the last week. He was very timid
Transcription of a letter from a prisoner recently transferred (on the 26th June) from Wandsworth prison to Frongoch and thanking Miss Coates of the Ladies Committee for visits to Wandsworth. The letter refers to the North and South camps at Frongoch, the number of men in the south camp (approximately 600) and the number in each hut (30). It refers to the conditions, the management of the camps and the availability of supplies and requests assistance for prisoners who have no money to purchase cigarettes etc. The JE Lyons letter has been transcribed and sent with an introduction and postscript referring to other letters, (presumably to Art Ó Briain) According to the 1936 Roll of Honour John E Lyons served at the Four Courts Garrison during the Rising. 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.
- J E Lyons
- Miss Coates
- 1916-07-05
- Civil War (1922-1923)
How to cite
Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__3990.html)
- Place
- London, England
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- Letter from Herbert Samuel to Lord Wimbourne, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 15 February 1916
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- Telegram from James Davidson to Samuel and Clara Davidson, 8 April 1916
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- Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to M.J. Murphy MP, 11 November 1916
- Letter from George Bernard Shaw to Mabel FitzGerald, 25 May 1916
- Letter from Michael Governey to Major General, Army Veterinary Service, 10 January 1916
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- Letter from Andrew Philip Magill to Cecil Harmsworth, 1 April 1916.
- Letter from Cecil Harmsworth to Augustine Birrell, 31 March 1916
- Letter 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 1916
- Letter from Celia Duffin to Auntie D, 3 December 1915
- Letter from Maria Duffin to Celia Duffin, 13 February 1916
- Letter from Father Edward Murnane to George Gavan Duffy, 24 July 1916
- Letter from Laurence Ginnell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 19 May 1916
- Card from Father Bally to the editor of the Irish Citizen, 2 November 1915
- Letter from Art Ó Briain to The Commandant, Frongoch Internment Camp 8 September 1916
- Letter from Art Ó Briain to John J Neeson, 4 September 1916
- Letter from James O' Dwyer to Art Ó Briain, 31 August 1916
- Letter from J E Lyons to Miss Coates, 5 July 1916
- Postcard to Edward Carson, 4 May 1916
- Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Sir William Henry Thompson, 2 February 1918
- Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Herbert Eldon Roaf, 14 March 1919
- Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Captain J.C. O'Farrell, 11 June 1919
- Letter from Thomas Kirkpatrick to Mrs. R.J. Quin, 30 September 1919
- Letter from Paddy Guinness to Cesca Chenevix Trench, 6 June 1916
- Telegram from Basil Home Thomson, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, to Sir Neville Chamberlain, 8 April 1916
- Letter from Henry Wilson to James Craig, 1922
- Place
- Frongoch, North Wales (South Camp)
- Mentioned in
- Letter from J E Lyons to Miss Coates, 5 July 1916