Letter from Lillian Casey to Hugh Casey
Total number of assets (3)
- DOI
- 10.7486/DRI.76537218n
- Title
- Letter from Lillian Casey to Hugh Casey
- Description
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Letter from Lillian Casey, aged 20 or 21, to her brother Hugh Casey in Frongoch Internment Camp. Hugh was interned for taking part in the fighting at the GPO during the Easter Rising. His father, James, was a founding member of the Gaelic League.
Lillian wishes Hugh good luck from herself and the rest of the family and expresses relief that he is doing well in Frongoch. She provides a blank envelope for him to reply. She also expresses concern for the well-being of a family friend 'Joe', a member of the British Army, now stationed in Galway having fought at the Macedonian Front in Salonika during WW1.
The letter highlights the conflicting loyalties of friends and family members of those affected by the Rising.
Also included is the original envelope of Lillian's letter, which was opened by the prison censors.
- Creators
- Lillian Casey
- Donor
- Emer O'Riordan (granddaughter of Lillian Casey)
- Creation Date
- 1916-05-16
- Published by Digital Repository of Ireland
- 12/01/2016
- Subjects
- Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916Curated Collection--Women and the RisingWorld War, 1914-1918—Campaigns—SalonikaInternment campsConradh na GaeilgeCurated Collection--Dublin Collection Day Oct. 31 2015Curated Collection--Impact of the RisingCurated Collection--Writing the RevolutionCurated Collection--Enemies of the CrownFirst World War
- Subjects (Places)
- Salonika, Gulf of (Greece)GalwayFrongoch, Bala, Gwynedd
- Subjects (Temporal)
- World War, 1914-1918
- Formats
- letters (correspondence)
- Types
- Text
- Language
- English
- Rights
- The copyright of this item belongs to the family of Lillian Casey. It was donated to the Inspiring Ireland project to be shared under a CC BY (Attribution Only) licence.
- Reuse Licence
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Depositing Organisation
- Digital Repository of Ireland
