Letter from Susan Daly to Charlie Daly, 29 January 1923
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3. You must have found my last letter very
dry so I'll try to make up for it this
time by telling you all the news I can think
of about home. To begin with Cornelie g ot
a fit of growing since you saw him last
and he is three or four inches taller now
than he was in the summer so you'll
hardly know him the next time you see
him. It might have been that he grew
with importance for being arrested. Poor Nellie
didn't grow a scrap and she still divides
her time between the collage and the Bung.
She stayed with Katie for the first week
after Josie left before Molly got holidays
I don't know how they'll run the Bungalow
at all without Josie. The few times I was
there Katie and Mollie were trying to do
the cooking and they weren't any better
than I would be at the job. Mollie's
fingers were all burned from trying to
bake a cake for Willie in the range
and Katie was vowing that she'd have 2 4. to get a maid when Mollie's holidays
were over. She didn't get the maid yet
but she invites all her friends in
luinto stay a few days with her. When
my mother wrote last she had Ella O'Brien
over with her. Josie was delighted that they
found out what a loss she was in some
way. I hadn't any letter from her since
she left but very likely she won't write
until she arrives in France and very likely
she spent a few days in London with Nora.
Sun . As you can see from Mrs.
Browne's letter enclosed, Tomas is in
Mountjoy since Thursday. I didn't get this
letter until this morning and you may
have heard it from home before this.
I expect a letter from my mother very
soon. I wrote to Tomas today but it
was a pity that I didn't know he was
there when out yesterday as I could
have told the Mahony's and those.
I called to Whelan's yesterday - they were 3 thinking that I hadn't come back at
all. Leo is just recovering from a
heavy cold. When I was in noboody but
Mrs. Whelan and Lizzie was up. After
going out on Sat week I didn't see Sheila
O'Brien - she had a very heavy cold and
was allowed see nobody but the doctor.
I don't think she was very bad tho. for
she sent me a card to call on her
yesterday. Whelan's heard somewhere that you
were removed from Dromboe but as the
rumour wasn't confirmed I thought that
I'd write to the old address. Beannacht Dé leat
Susie P.S. Did you hear that Pa nand Dave Connor
were arrested? 4 Mr. Charles Daly,
Dromboe Castle,
Stranorlar,
Co. Donegal. 5 If not there, Please forward.
dry so I'll try to make up for it this
time by telling you all the news I can think
of about home. To begin with Cornelie g ot
a fit of growing since you saw him last
and he is three or four inches taller now
than he was in the summer so you'll
hardly know him the next time you see
him. It might have been that he grew
with importance for being arrested. Poor Nellie
didn't grow a scrap and she still divides
her time between the collage and the Bung.
She stayed with Katie for the first week
after Josie left before Molly got holidays
I don't know how they'll run the Bungalow
at all without Josie. The few times I was
there Katie and Mollie were trying to do
the cooking and they weren't any better
than I would be at the job. Mollie's
fingers were all burned from trying to
bake a cake for Willie in the range
and Katie was vowing that she'd have 2 4. to get a maid when Mollie's holidays
were over. She didn't get the maid yet
but she invites all her friends in
luinto stay a few days with her. When
my mother wrote last she had Ella O'Brien
over with her. Josie was delighted that they
found out what a loss she was in some
way. I hadn't any letter from her since
she left but very likely she won't write
until she arrives in France and very likely
she spent a few days in London with Nora.
Sun . As you can see from Mrs.
Browne's letter enclosed, Tomas is in
Mountjoy since Thursday. I didn't get this
letter until this morning and you may
have heard it from home before this.
I expect a letter from my mother very
soon. I wrote to Tomas today but it
was a pity that I didn't know he was
there when out yesterday as I could
have told the Mahony's and those.
I called to Whelan's yesterday - they were 3 thinking that I hadn't come back at
all. Leo is just recovering from a
heavy cold. When I was in noboody but
Mrs. Whelan and Lizzie was up. After
going out on Sat week I didn't see Sheila
O'Brien - she had a very heavy cold and
was allowed see nobody but the doctor.
I don't think she was very bad tho. for
she sent me a card to call on her
yesterday. Whelan's heard somewhere that you
were removed from Dromboe but as the
rumour wasn't confirmed I thought that
I'd write to the old address. Beannacht Dé leat
Susie P.S. Did you hear that Pa nand Dave Connor
were arrested? 4 Mr. Charles Daly,
Dromboe Castle,
Stranorlar,
Co. Donegal. 5 If not there, Please forward.
Susie Daly, [Our Lady of Mercy College, Crarysfort, Dublin, Ireland] to [Charlie Daly, [Drumboe Castle, Stranorlar, Donegal, Ireland]. Asks if he wants more books. Thomas was transferred to Mountjoy on Thursday. She heard rumours that Charlie had been moved from Drumboe.
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- Place
- Our Lady of Mercy College, Carysfort, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Susan Daly to Charlie Daly, 29 January 1923
- Place
- Drumboe Castle, Stranorlar, Tirconail, Donegal, Ireland
- Mentioned in
- Letter from Mick Timoney to Charlie Daly
- Letter from Lily to Charlie Daly, 24 January 1923
- Letter from Liam Daly to Charlie Daly, 21 February 1923
- Letter from Cornelius Daly to Charlie Daly, 19 February 1923
- Letter from James J. Donaghy to Cornelius Daly, 15 March 1923
- Letter from Charlie Daly to Kate Allman, 6 November 1922
- Letter from Kate Allman to Charlie Daly, 13 November 1922
- Letter from Charlie Daly to Kate Allman, 21 November 1922
- Letter from Charlie Daly to May Daly, 21 February 1923
- Letter from Susan Daly to Charlie Daly, 29 January 1923
- Letter from Caitlín Ní Aoda to Charlie Daly, 10 February 1923
- Mentioned in
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- Letter from Charlie Daly to Ellen Daly, 31 October 1921
- Letter from Charlie Daly to Ellen Daly, 9 November 1921
- Letter on behalf of Chief of Staff to All Divisional Commandants, 30 November 1921
- Christmas Card from Cis Doherty to Charlie Daly, [December 1922]
- Letter from H. McGrath to Charlie Daly, 4 February 1923
- Letter from Cornelius Daly to Charlie Daly, 19 February 1923
- Letter from Charlie Daly to Kate Allman, 30 October 1922
- Letter from Charlie Daly to Sinéad Ring, 1 February 1923
- Letter from Róise Ní Dhómhnaill to Charlie Daly, December 1922
- Letter from Róise Ní Dómnaill to Charlie Daly [January 1923]
- Letter from Róise Ní Dómnaill to Charlie Daly, [February/March 1923]
- Letter from Charlie Daly to May Daly, 21 February 1923
- Letter from Susan Daly to Charlie Daly, 29 January 1923
- Letter from Sheila Doogan to Charlie Daly, 8 February 1923
- Letter from Ellen Daly to her son Charlie Daly [Cormac Ó Dálaigh], December 1922