Letter from Dora Shorter to Lily O'Brennnan concerning poetry and memories of the Easter Rising,
[1916-1918?]
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Summary: | Shorter praises the poems that O'Brennan sent her and notes that her husband also found them "very good indeed", regretting that she unable to write a poem on the "brave women of 'May Eve'. She also recounts a recent visit to Kilmainham Jail, writing "I have often thought what you must have suffered - for every bullet went through my own heart - but it was good to live through such a time - and good to die". |
In collection: | Ceannt and O'Brennan Papers, 1851-1953. |
Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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Notes: | Inscribed on "Knockmoroon, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire" headed paper. Physical description: 1 item (2 pages). more |
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Letter from Dora Shorter to Lily O'Brennnan concerning poetry and memories of the Easter Rising,
[1916-1918?]
In Collection: | Ceannt and O'Brennan Papers, 1851-1953. |
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Description: | Shorter praises the poems that O'Brennan sent her and notes that her husband also found them "very good indeed", regretting that she unable to write a poem on the "brave women of 'May Eve'. She also recounts a recent visit to Kilmainham Jail, writing "I have often thought what you must have suffered - for every bullet went through my own heart - but it was good to live through such a time - and good to die". |
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Language: | English |
Extent: | 1 item (2 pages). |
Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 41,491/5/9
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |