Letter from Sr. Camillus, 11 Rockstone Place, Southampton, England, to Ciarán Bairéad, saying that she is doing her thesis on Lady Gregory and W B Yeats, and wonders if he can give her any information on the topic.
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"Letter from Sr. Columbaín M Cinnéide, Missionary Sisters of St. Columban, Ruttonjee Sanatorium, Queen's Road East, Hong Kong, to Síghle Bairéad, saying that her letter brought her back along the road of memory. She remembers her father as Treasurer of Connradh na Gaeilge for years. She states that her father was good friends with her father, and that he used bring her every year to ""Aonac na Nollag"". She gives names of people involved in the business committee between 1917 and 1921. She was given her Fainne by Piaras Beaslaí himself. She gives details of people who were involved at the time, and states that she left when she was organising the English boycott. She remembers seeing Síghle and her mother at Cuallacht Muire in Gardiner St. She has no knowledge of Connradh after going into the convent in 1924, being first in County Clare and later China. When she returned in 1946 she did not know who Fianna Fáil or Aer Lingus were. She hopes that her work goes well [in Irish]."
Letter from Sr M Anne Francis, Dominican Hostel, Muckross Park, Donnybrook, Dublin, to Ciarán Bairéad, thanking him for his help in relation to her researching of Seamus O'Kelly.
Letter from Sr. Máire, FCJ, Rathgar, Dublin, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc and Rita wishing them a Happy Christmas, saying that she is in a new convent and that they are very nice there, and tells him about the school she is teaching in. Says that they should meet up when they are next in Dublin [in Irish].
Letter from Sr. Marie, Clochar FCJ, Rathgar, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc and Rita wishing them a Happy Christmas, commenting that there are 20 teachers for 16 pupils in their school, and they lack for nothing [in Irish].
"Letter from An tSuir Máire, Rathgar, to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc and Rita thanking them for the copy of ""Dialann sa Déisceart"". She is sorry to hear Bean Uí Duill has passed on. She says she is busy preparing for Slógadh [in Irish]."
Letter from An tSuir Máire Ní N[ ], Rathgar, Dublin to Eoghan Ó Tuairisc and Rita thanking them for the work they did on the drama, and commenting that she is working on a course on teaching Irish to junior classes every Saturday [in Irish].
Letter from Stephen O'Mara to Ellen 'Nell' Pigott, writing from Roches Street
Letter from Stephen O'Mara to Ellen 'Nell' Pigott, mentions a delay in returning home as is in conversation with the Chief Secretary about a ]regiment] in Limerick; other issues are tiring, "our little friend has a great many enemies . . ." also mentions that "I flatter myself that I have courted the heads of the party to my view . . ." and discusses other matters of political interest. Written on House of Commons embossed paper.
Letter from Stephen O'Mara to Ellen 'Nell' Pigott saying he is "full of fight" and "fresh as a daisy" ahead of a sitting of Parliament, which is not sitting today and at which his friends have not turned up but he intends "taking it on one or two of them" . . . and is pleased with the "capacity of argument" and debate he has developed. Written on House of Commons embossed paper.