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Note discussing Ms. O Rourke and her influence. That it will bring back a better spirit.

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Dear Father Prior,

Many thanks for Your letter, I agree with that the influence Miss O’Rourke will probably be sufficient to bring back a better spirit. I feel I may have failed by not writing oftener, to Cook she needs constant help since I felt unhappy about her. I have written more often and will continue to do so.

When I hear definitely as to the course you intend to adopt, I shall write fully to them all, as it will be an occasion when I can speak of things in general without leaving suspicion of having heard stories.

Probably from now on, they, Mary and herself, will begin to take advantage, of the spiritual life at Glenstal. If so all will improve under the influence of God’s grace.

I shall be very glad that Miss O’Rourke will have the chance of getting a better knowledge of the cooking. I believe it will not be long now till we shall not be so much depending on Iizzie.

I shall have two very busy days for M.M.M. tomorrow and Sunday, also treatment,
so if my daughters do not hear from me, they will understand.

I shall write fully to them when I hear what you and Dom David have decided.

I have an idea it was probably the meat at dinner the boys complained about.

I would do as you said about breakfast. It is the usual breakfast in Irish homes: bacon and eggs, sometimes poached eggs on toast, and now and again sausages.
Sausages and Mash potatoes are generally a favorite supper dish.
I pray much for every thing.

A clipping of a report on the ravages of the influenza pandemic in Ireland. Reference is made to the call made by Dr Kathleen Lynn for ‘precautionary measures’ to limit the spread of the disease. She suggests that people avoid overcrowded places and eat ‘nourishing food’. Lynn also notes that ‘every war has been followed by pestilence’ and suggests that soldiers ‘returning from the front should be quarantined until they are certified all right before being allowed to mix with the population or, at the very least, their clothes should be sterilized, because very often infection is carried in their clothes’. The clipping is taken from the 'Irish Independent' (December 1918).

A photographic print of civilians leaving Mallow in aftermath of a republican attack on Mallow Barracks (28 September 1920) and the British army reprisals that followed. The original caption title reads ‘Mallow destroyed by British soldiers’. The print is credited to Wide Word Photos.