Letter from Charlie Daly to Sinéad Ring, 1 February 1923 Letters 1916-1923 Charlie Daly

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 Kerry Library Archives Charlie Daly Collection, P41/23/8 https://letters1916.ie/item/5363 English Charlie Daly 1923-02-01 Drumboe Castle, Stranorlar, Co Tirconaill, Ireland Sinéad Ring 77 Harcourt Street, Dublin, Ireland Male 1923 Civil War (1922-1923) Civil War (1922-1923)

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 P41/23/8 Drumboe CastleStranorlar Tirconail Feb. 1st ‘23 A a cara dil Got your letter this evening. I had just begunto think that you were rather long without writing. I seethat twas the delay in my letter that was the reason.Usually I write you on the same day that your letterscome but then of course they are often delayed. Not at all I wasn’t in the least nice aboutthose yarns and twas silly of you to think so.Of course you can. I don’t help better such a funnything out. I can imagine how twas enjoyed. Didyou tell Free? When I saw it in the paper that Francis had been brought to Dublin from Kerry I guessedthat Tomás & the lads would be among them. I hada letter from my mother last week telling me abouther visit to them and that they expected to be sent toMountjoy. I wrote him some time ago. I don’t knowif he had my letter before he left. I’ll chance himwith another at his new address. I had severalletters today including fromO’Brien, Dan Cahill, Rita (of ) and Father Brennan over a dozen altogether. Fr. Brennan hadheard of our court martial and wrote to tell methat he was praying and saying Masses for us. I don’tknow if you have yet heard that we have been tried.Perhaps you may by then as I wrote my mother lastweek & told her. I ought have told you when Iwrote last but I didn’t know at the time if Iwould be permitted tell. Besides I was in nohurry to inform anybody for I knew that wouldbe known soon enough. A fortnight has elapsed the C.M. and we haven’t heard the resultyet. Don’t worry about us but pray that everything will come alright. Although we don’t knowwhat our fate may be we are not worrying onebit. The thought of sudden death has so oftenbeen before us for the past few years that we arenot afraid of its possibility now and we truston and our friends prayers either to bring usout safe or give us a happy death. One goodthing anyway we have every opportunity to preparefor death should it be that. Ask the Rev. Motherthe nuns & your companions to pray for us. Isuppose the Rev. Mother my visit out there. Fr. Brennan said he might be in Dublin this week.So you may meet him. I don’t know where he putsup there but probably at the “Shelbourne”. He saysthat they are taking the news of my trial alright athome. That’s the way I want you all to take itwhatever else may come and there’s no use anywayof worrying beforehand. We here are in asgood spirits as ever and in fact better as it may seem. While not deluding ourselveswith hopes that might be false at the same timewe aren’t in gloomy foreboding. I answered those letters of Nellie some time ago and I heard they got themalright. Yes they have become very good atthe Irish. I was surprised at their letters. Thatlittle book you sent was very good. You cansend me any good ones you come across. Alsosend me some of the good weeklies such as “Ireland’sEye”. N Ring sent me this months “Dublin Opinion”. Ihad a letter from Mollie a few days ago. Beannacht De ort [Signature.] Charlie Daly Letter from Charlie Daly to Ellen Daly, 31 October 1921Letter from Charlie Daly to Ellen Daly, 9 November 1921Letter on behalf of Chief of Staff to All Divisional Commandants, 30 November 1921Christmas Card from Cis Doherty to Charlie Daly, [December 1922]Letter from H. McGrath to Charlie Daly, 4 February 1923Letter from Cornelius Daly to Charlie Daly, 19 February 1923Letter from Charlie Daly to Kate Allman, 30 October 1922Letter from Charlie Daly to Sinéad Ring, 1 February 1923Letter from Róise Ní Dhómhnaill to Charlie Daly, December 1922Letter from Róise Ní Dómnaill to Charlie Daly [January 1923]Letter from Róise Ní Dómnaill to Charlie Daly, [February/March 1923]Letter from Charlie Daly to May Daly, 21 February 1923Letter from Susan Daly to Charlie Daly, 29 January 1923Letter from Sheila Doogan to Charlie Daly, 8 February 1923Letter from Ellen Daly to her son Charlie Daly [Cormac Ó Dálaigh], December 1922 77 Harcourt Street, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Charlie Daly to Sinéad Ring, 1 February 1923Letter from Nora Ring to Susan Daly, March 1923 Drumboe Castle, Stranorlar, Co Tirconaill, Ireland Letter from Cormac Ua Dálaigh to Nora Rice, 18 January 1923Letter from Charlie Daly to Sinéad Ring, 1 February 1923