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William Lalor, Syene, Wisconsin, to his brother, Richard Lalor, Tinakill, Queen's County, Valentine's Day, 1884
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Collection Lalor Letters
Title William Lalor, Syene, Wisconsin, to his brother, Richard Lalor, Tinakill, Queen's County, Valentine's Day, 1884
Description Reports still more awful weather, and reminisces about the beautiful spring flowers in the Ireland of his youth. Excellent letter on Irish and Irish-American nationalism: Lalor expresses very strong, revolutionary Irish nationalist sentiments, but fears that most Irish people are "willing slaves and serfs" to English rule. William had heard that Richard was about to retire from Parliament, because of bad health. (In fact, Richard Lalor remained in Parliament until 1892; when the Home Rule Party split, Richard remained loyal to Parnell, but his feeble health prevented him from campaigning and he lost his seat to an anti Parnellite Home Ruler.) [The former settlement of Syene is now deserted according to 'HISTORICAL & ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY 2018-2019, Fitchburg (city), Dane County, Wisconsin"].
Date 14/02/1884
Date Issued 27/03/2023
Resource Type Text
Archival Record Id p155/1/2, p155/114/1
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 5pp
Topic Lalor Letters
Geographic Syene (historical),Fitchburg (city),Dane (county) Wisconsin,United States,Tinnakill (townland),Laois (county),Ireland
Temporal Nineteenth century,Eighteen eighties
Genre Transcript,Reproduction
Note Title, description and transcript text by Professor Kerby Miller.
Creator / Author Name William Lalor