1 M. W O Reilly B81
Irish Prisoner
Knutsford
C/o Chief Postal Censor
London 1st June 1916 A Cara , Mor Your letter to hand
this morning, which was most
welcome, I was indeed glad
to hear from you and to
know you are well and safe.
We had had Some experience,
since I last had the pleasure of
seeing you, although they have
not all been very pleasant. It
were better to have them than never
to know of such things. Experience is always most
enlightening even if unpleasant, 2 I fear very much for our
Dear Friend Shortie, the last
I saw of him was in Moore St.
and he was not far from
O Rahilly (God Rest Him). Our treatment here during
the first Three weeks could not
have been anything our worst
Enemy could have wished
for, but now our Status has
been raised and we are being
treated as privileged Prisoners
of War, having freedom of
course with one another
and other little things that
count a good deal when 3 ones under lock and key.
I have been greatly disappointed
at hearing that something
you were interested in was not
working and I hope that
the interview Kitty and yourself
had, resulted satisfactorily.
I see by the papers that some
organisations have been started
to cope with the distress that
prevails in Dublin and Ireland
generally, and trust they
will able to meet all
the difficulties that may beset
them, so to carry their work
to a successful issue.
I saw a recent issue of the 4 Evening Mail in which was
some correspondence from
General Maxwell and the Bishop
of Limerick, I should not like to
have missed the reply of the latter, I
It was Some reply. I trust you Mother Sisters
and Nephew are all in good
health, as this leave me
we can write to all our Friends
provided we have paper and
stamps of which I fortunately
am amply supplied. With renewed thanks for your
kind thoughtfulness and best
wishes for your future which
is I believe assured. I am a Cara mor
Yours very sincerely
MW O Reilly