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290. Ed. Moran, Irish Prisoner of War South Camp, Frongoch, N. Wales. 3 V11. 16
My Dearest Mother Your letter & Norman's came
Sat. and Maire's yesterday. I was very glad
to get them and to learn that all are well. Let you
all write often. We have Mass, confession & Holy
Comm. every Sunday. Don't send papers, 'Ind' comes
every day now, send some books, Irish & English.
As weather is wet I will want a coat & vest, rough
tweed, good clothes no use here, they will want to be
larger than last measurement, also putties like
Knickers and a portmanteau, not too big, suit case
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would do. I hope visiting time will be extended before
Tess & Una come and that Maire can arrange to
come also. Glad to know all well Enniscorthy
Would you ask Maire to spend some of her holidays
with you. better buy cake now for delivery in
Nov., Cotton or Linseed, whichever better no
t 21/2 or 3 tons. I charged Casey 30/= for ten acres,
his own stuff. Let Lewie charge current prices
for materials. We are not having a bad time here
lectures, concerts, Irish classes, football, physical
drill, we had a march into country to-day. With
best love to all, particularly the children. Ãamonn .
This is a letter from Eamonn O'Modhráin (Edward Moran) (d. 1955) to his mother, Mary
Moran. O'Modhráin had been arrested after the Easter Rising and imprisoned, spending
time in Wakefield Prison and Frongach Internment Camp. This letter was sent while
O'Modhráin was in Frongach. In the letter he refers to conditions and activities in
the prison, a planned visit by his sisters and requests clothes and books. He also
refers to matters relating to the family farm in County Kildare noting that his brother
Lewis, who had been released from Wakefield, 'can charge current prices for materials'.