Letter to Nancy O'Rahilly, 18 May 1916.

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Letter to Nancy O'Rahilly, 18 May 1916.

1 8 Buchanan Avenue
Bournemouth
Hants. 18.V1916. Dear Mrs. O'Rahilly You have been
much in my thoughts lately, & I
wouldhave written to you except that
I had not your address. How are the dear boys? Some
day when the present sense of
loss is less acute they will
remember with pride and gratitude
their Father's Devotion & self-sacrifice. May God comfort & protect you
and them. I hope we shall meet I have
for you , but may
get back to Ireland this summer;
do your sons? see my friend small
Desmond & his wee sisters? 2
I have had no news of them or
their parents for a long time
If you see "Dens" kiss him from
me. Yrs. with Sympathy

This is a letter of condolence to Nancy O'Rahilly (1875-1961). She was a member of the Provisional Council of Cumann na mBan at the founding in 1914 and the wife of Michael Joseph O'Rahilly, self-described as 'The' O'Rahilly (1875-1916). The O'Rahilly fought in the Easter Rising and was shot in Parnell/Moore Street on 28 April 1916 and died some time later. Nancy was pregnant at the time of her husband's death – the child was born three months later. The writer asks for Mrs. O'Rahilly's sons ans says that some day they will remember their father with pride and gratitude, and prays for the comfort and protection of the O'Rahilly family. The writer also asks after a friend, 'small Desmond', and his wife.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__5886.html)