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316 Hotel Saxonia
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Berlin W. 9, Budapesterstr. 10
am Potsdamerplatz — nahe Tiergarten
Fernsprecher Amt Lutzow 2838 und 2871 BERLIN 1.9, den18 March 1916 Dear Comrades
The hopes of seeing you again
and, on let us trust a brighter morning
for Ireland her children, cheers me now.
For on that day we will have a fuller and
truer conception of the motives that unfortunately
importantly demanded my somewhat
apparently cold and un feelingles departure.
However I full realize that despite my cold
John McGoey's farewell
to his comrades
18 March 1916
Berlin
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Kavanagh,
Wilson,
Mallon,
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Tracey,
Wm McGrath,
Barry,
Ford,
Keogh,
Dowling,
Brady,
Toole
Davis,
Murphy,
Rahilly,
McMahon,
John Sweeney,
Carroll
Burke
Harte John McGoey's selection
of the surest men to take with
us from the 53 at [questionable reading] .
He has doubts of O'Toole & adds a
man Houlihan as a food man.
March 19th 1916
He drew this list up last night.
This is taken from a collection of letters, poems, articles and other documents of
Roger Casement (1865-1916) and his family covering his career in the British Diplomatic
Service as well as his activities in the Irish Revolutionary movement, 1889-1945.
This letter is is a farewell letter by John McGoey written to his comrades in the
Irish Brigade the day before he is sent to Ireland by the Germans via Denmark. The
Irish Brigade had been raised by Casement from Irish prisoners in German prisoner
of war camps with the aim of fighting for Irish independence but the venture was ultimately
unsuccessful.