Item 5-A - Postcard from Eibhlín Ní Fhoghludha to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.

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IE CA IR-1/3/4/5-A

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Postcard from Eibhlín Ní Fhoghludha to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap.

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  • 13 July 1921 (Creation)

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1 p.; Manuscript

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Postcard to Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap., Church Street, from ‘E. Ní F’ (Eibhlín Ní Fhoghludha) declaring that a ‘very small room for your friend’ is ready in August. The author also affirms that ‘we have had a very quiet time in Rinn but you know we are very much behind the times’. The photographic print of the postcard shows refurbishment work on Liberty Hall after its destruction in the 1916 Rising. The banner across the façade of the hall reads: ‘James Connolly murdered May 12th 1916’.

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) at https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/x346fc49b

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The author of the postcard has been identified as Eibhlín Ní Fhoghludha (1878-1947), a school mistress in Ring ('An Rinn') in County Waterford. With thanks to Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha for the identification.

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