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28th July 1916 Cush House.
Kilfinane.
Co. Limerick. Dear Madam I take this opportunity to
address a word to you on the
present crisis in Irish affairs
knowing I am addressing
one who has always proved
herself a true and faithful
daughter of Erin — use your
great influences to get us
our country whole, as she
ought to be, not cut up in
two to serve a few men who
have shown themselves unworthy
of such a sacrifice. Let Carson
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even be made Premier of
our Irish Parliament for the
first two years of its existence
it would be better than to
divide her and surely it
ought to satisfy his followers.
This is I think the best measure
of reconciling of the North and
I believe it can be done so,
please use your great influence
for us with your friends as
I for one feel greatly on the
matter — Sincerely yours Mary C Gubbins
The letter was written by Mary Gubbins while Sir Roger Casement (1864-1916) was imprisoned
in London after he had been arrested while landing on the coast of Kerry in a submarine
on the eve of the Easter Rising. A campaign was launched featuring many prominent
figures such as W.B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw to secure a reprieve for Casement
but he was hanged on 3 August 1916.
The letter refers to 'Irish affairs' and reconciling the North of Ireland to secure
a freedom for the island.