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This letter is part of a rich correspondence between various members of the Duffin family, a large prosperous family living in Strandtown, Belfast. Several family members served in the war, including Major Terence Duffin, who served as a staff officer with 107 Brigade, and later

Art and literature | Family life

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Object Letter from Helen Duffin to Celia Duffin, 22 December 1915cover

Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne (1895 - 1917) to his mother Alice (1833 - 1928). Charles served as a captain in the Royal Garrison Artillery in the First World War. He was killed in action in June 1917. This is a short note to his mother to tell her he has been trans

World War I, 1914-1918 | Family life

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Object Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to his mother Alice Wynne, 24 March 1916cover

The letter is from Honoria Sweetman to her mother Agnes, wife of politician John Sweetman (1844-1936), owner of the Drumbaragh Estate in County Meath. Sweetman was an Irish Nationalist politician who served as an anti-Parnellite member of parliament. Following the Easter Rising i

Family life | Children

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Object Letter from Honoria Sweetman to her mother, Agnes Sweetman, 20 May 1916cover

Patrick O'Loughlin (d. 1937) and his wife Ellen (d. 1964) ran a small shop at 39 Lower Kevin Street in Dublin, selling second-hand clothes/boots/shoes. Patrick made a number of trips to a Mrs C. Henry in Glasgow to purchase goods from the shop. This letter was written while on on

Family life | Business

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Object Letter from Patrick O'Loughlin to Ellen O'Loughlin, 23 August 1916cover

Denis Hurley (1849 - 1926) was from a farming family in Tawnies, near Clonakilty, County Cork. Denis emigrated to Carson City, Nevada in the United States in 1873 and went on to become one of Carson City's most prominent citizens. Denis was active in politics and was elected as a

Ireland History Easter Rising, 1916 | Family life | World War I, 1914-1918

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Object Letter from Denis Hurley to his brother John Hurley, 17 March 1916cover

Diarmid Coffey (1888-1964) joined the Irish Volunteers in 1914 and became secretary of the Irish National Volunteers after the organisation split in 1915 (it was the other group who participated in the Rising). He later served as assistant clerk of the Seanad. Jane Coffey (n

Family life

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Object Letter from Jane Coffey to her son Diarmid Coffey, 16 October 1916cover

Letter from Marie Martin to her mother Mary Martin (née Moore). Marie (1892-1975) was later the founder of the Medical Missionaries of Mary. At the outbreak of war in 1914 Marie joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment, a division of the Red Cross. She returned home briefly in 1916 be

World War I, 1914-1918 | Family life

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Object Letter from Marie Martin to her mother Mary Martin, 27 August 1916cover

Letter from Robert Monteith (1880-1956) to his wife Mary Florence (Mollie) Monteith (née McEvoy, 1877-1960). In 1909, Irish Volunteer, Robert Monteith married Mollie McEvoy against his family's wishes. They opposed the marriage because Mollie was a catholic, an actress and a wido

Love letters | Family life | World War I, 1914-1918

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Object Letter from Robert Monteith to Mollie Monteith, 25 December 1915cover

A typed circular letter signed by Micheál Ó Duibhguin, Secretary of Cumann na bPíobairí, requesting financial contributions for the family of Brigid Kenny (d. 1915), known as the 'Queen of Irish Fiddlers' as Kenny's long illness and funeral expenses left her family in debt. Ó Dui

Art and literature | Children | Family life

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Object Circular letter from Micheál Ó Duibhguin, November 1915cover

This is a letter from Clair Ní Modhráin (b. 1891) to her brother, Eamonn O'Modhráin (Edward Moran) (1881-1954). Eamonn 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

Ireland History Easter Rising, 1916 | Family life

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Object Letter from Clair Ní Modhráin to Eamonn O'Modhráin, 30 May        1916cover