Letter from Eamonn O'Modhráin to Máire Ní Modhráin, 12 July 1916

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Letter from Eamonn O'Modhráin to Máire Ní Modhráin, 12 July 1916

1 290. Edward Moran, Irish Prisoner J Ward. South Camps, Frongoch, N.Wales, 12. VII. '16 A MÃ¡ire, a chairde I have your letter of 3rd also
mother's two & card, and from Teresa, ClÃ¡ire & Sue
I got the parcels all right, two from home & Martin's.
I note what you say re Joker O'Connor, its
all a farce from beginning to end. I have not been to London yet but expect
to go visiting any day. The weather seems to be as bad with you as it
is here. What way have the military command used
hay & straw? Is it the same as last year?
They to have first call on surplus over
growers own requirements. You might send me on some tobacco and
Bonbon cigarettes. Sue can get the latter.
You may order coat, vest & putties as
I think the appeal has very little bearing 2 our stay here. Brian O'Higgins came on Friday and
I think L. Murnane is in the other camp.
We have about 1800 men here now in the
two camps. Only two were released yet
P. Mulinn Athlone, and a chap from Maynooth
Do you know the visiting rules here apply for
remit to Commandant beforehand, and
prisoners are only allowed one visit from
two visitors per month, I don't know if the
letter is strictly enforced, but the time is
the same still, fifteen minutes. I got some
papers from Liz & Tess including the
'Claidheamh' am very glad to get it, would like
the Dublin 'Leader' or any other like it.
When writing next give me a few tips on
washing woollens. With best love to all
Ã‰amonn Tell Tess I got card P. H. Pearse but did not
get Tom Clarke, ask her send some more
Ã©.

This is a letter from Eamonn O'Modhráin (1881-1954) to his sister, Máire Ní Modhráin (1883-1964). 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. Máire married Seamus O'Connor, one of those who met at Wynn's Hotel in November 1913 when the Irish Volunteers was formed. In the letter O'Modhráin refers to letters and newspapers sent by family and his fellow Kildare prisoners and explains the rules for visits to the prison. He also requests clothes, newspapers and asks that his sister Tess send some more commemorative postcards of Thomas Clarke, one of the executed leaders of the Rising.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__5947.html)