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.