Reference code
IE CA CP/3/16/2/19
Title
Christmas Card from Frank Ryan
Date(s)
- Dec. 1937 (Creation)
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Part
Extent and medium
2 pp; Printed with manuscript additions
Name of creator
(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)
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Scope and content
A Christmas greeting card from Frank Ryan (Proinsias Ó Riain). The card dates to December 1937 and was probably sent to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. The Spanish text translates as ‘Forward to victory over fascism in 1938!’. The greeting in Irish reads ‘Happy Christmas and New Year / from / the Irish Republican Army / “Connolly Battalion” / XV International Brigade / Army of the Republic of Spain / Christmas 1937’. (Volume page 107).
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Language of material
- Irish
- Spanish
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Note
For biographical information on Frank Ryan (1902-1944) see https://www.dib.ie/biography/ryan-francis-richard-frank-a7865