{"id":7863,"date":"2018-03-08T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/?p=7863"},"modified":"2018-10-25T13:36:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:36:29","slug":"women-daly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/women-daly","title":{"rendered":"Women in the Daly collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

We need your detective skills to help us find out more information about the women in the Daly collection\u00a0which we recently acquired\u00a0 from the Kerry Library Archives<\/a><\/span>. We have already processed some of the Daly letters which are available to read and transcribe. We are working to get the rest of this expansive collection online.<\/p>\n

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Greeting card from the Daly collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The letters concern Irish republican Charlie Daly, who rejected the peace treaty with Britain and was subsequently captured and imprisoned at Drumboe Castle in County Donegal, where he was executed\u00a0on 14 March 1923.<\/span><\/p>\n

As explored the collection, we discovered that women comprise approximately 70% of the correspondence. Although extensive research has been conducted in Charlie Daly’s background and life story, many of the women within the network remain unknown.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What we know so far\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Throughout his life, Charlie Daly regularly corresponded with his mother, Ellen Daly<\/strong>, but his sisters and female friends of the family also exchanged letters with him and with each other. <\/span><\/p>\n

The women in Daly\u2019s network pursued different careers. For example: <\/span><\/p>\n