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From Gretta Talty
IE 2135 P47/12 · Item · 11 June 1922
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letter from Gretta Talty, O’Connell Street, Kilkee, to [Sarah] McGowan, asking her to deliver a parcel to Pat McInerney, a brother of a friend of hers, at Limerick Prison. She concludes, ‘Oh are not the times dreadful’.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From J. Fitzgibbon
IE 2135 P47/2 · Item · 4 April 1923
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letter from J. Fitzgibbon, West Limerick Section, Limerick Prison, to Annie McGowan, thanking her for a cake and asking her to forward a note to his friend.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From Jim Fitzgibbon
IE 2135 P47/3 · File · [c. 1922-1923]
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letters from Jim Fitzgibbon, West Limerick Section, Limerick Prison, to Annie McGowan, thanking her for his dinner and a parcel, and promising to out a bag as a present.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From Matt Blake
IE 2135 P47/1 · Item · [c. 1922-1923]
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letter from Matt Blake, Limerick Prison, to Annie McGowan, thanking her for a parcel received.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From P. Fitzgibbon
IE 2135 P47/4 · Item · [c. 1922-1923]
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letter from P. Fitzgibbon, B Landing, [Limerick Prison], to Annie McGowan, thanking her for food and books. He expects to be moved any day soon.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From Paddie Fitzgibbon
IE 2135 P47/5 · File · [c. 1922-1923]
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letters from Paddie Fitzgibbon, West Limerick Section, Limerick Prison, to Annie McGowan, thanking her for food and parcels and confessing to eating one of the dinners intended for his brother Jim Fitzgibbon (for whom see P47/3) who has been transferred to the Curragh.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From Pat McInerney
IE 2135 P47/10 · File · [c. March-September 1923]
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letters from Pat McInerney, Hut No. 3, No. 2 Tin Town Interment Camp, The Curragh, Kildare, to Annie McGowan, giving an account of his transfer from Limerick Prison and the conditions in the Curragh internment camp, and asking for some cigarettes.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From Pat McInerney
IE 2135 P47/9 · File · December 1922-February 1923
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letters from Pat McInerney, Clare Section, Limerick Prison, to Annie McGowan, thanking her for food, books, cigarettes and parcels. One of the letters contains a guarded reference to the execution by firing squad of two Republican prisoners, Cornelius McMahon and Patrick Hennessy, which took place in Limerick Prison on 20 January 1923.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From Pat McInerney
IE 2135 P47/11 · Item · 18 October 1923
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letter from Pat McInerney, Dunmore, Doonbeg, to Annie McGowan, informing her of his release from The Curragh. He discusses the harsh conditions in Mountjoy Gaol and the ongoing hunger strike of the prisoners.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican
From Thomas Keane
IE 2135 P47/8 · Item · [c. 1922-1923]
Part of The McGowan Papers

Letters from Thomas Keane, [Limerick Prison], to Sally [McGowan], thanking her for books and cigarettes and enclosing a small present as a token of his appreciation. He expects to be moved from Limerick Prison shortly.

McGowan, Anne née Browne (1879-1965), Irish republican