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Hand-written letter from Mrs Agnes Boyd, Newry, County Down, to Eamon de Valera, 30 September 1942, regarding the case of her daughter, Mrs O'Hagan, a prisoner in Mountjoy Jail. She states that her daughter was lucky to have refused parole as she may have been implicated in a crime which took place during the period of her proposed release. 'It certainly was God's blessing she refused that time, because if she was at home, when that Detective was shot, she might have been taken up on suspicion, as it was he who arrested her daughter Carmel'. She also outlines the circumstances of her daughter's family. 'They are certainly getting neglected. The father is useless ... you will please this time arrange for her children's sake, especially two, who should be on the way to do for themselves, at their golden age and pity the youngest 6 years'.

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Copy letter to Mrs Agnes Boyd from M O'Flanagan, Sandyford, County Dublin, 31 July 1941, regarding her proposed visit to her daughter, Mrs O'Hagan, a prisoner in Mountjoy Jail. 'Mrs O'Hagan sent me word to write to you and ask what time you are going in to see her and I can go in along with you. If you tell me where and when I am to meet you, I can drive you up to Mountjoy in my little ford'. Covering letter from PS O'Muireadhaigh, to Mrs Agnes Boyd, Newry, County Down, 6 October 1942.

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Hand-written letter from Mrs Agnes Boyd, Newry, County Down, to Eamon de Valera, 22 November 1942, requesting the release of her daughter, Mrs O'Hagan, from Mountjoy Jail. She refers to the plight of her grandchildren. 'Think of the poor children now without their mother for almost two years. Put yourself in my place, how hard it would be on you if your daughter was separated from her child, which she never will please God ... you don't know the suffering at home without the mother, nothing to do, nowhere to go and no one to do anything for these poor children ... I enclose photo of child who wants to serve her time to the Drapery, but with no one to help her'.

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Copy letter from PS O'Muireadhaigh to Mrs Agnes Boyd, Newry, County Down, 4 December 1942, acknowledging receipt of her letter requesting the release of her daughter, Mrs O'Hagan, from Mountjoy Jail. The letter states that the matter has been brought to the attention of the Minister for Justice. A photograph of her grandchild is also returned to her.

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Hand-written letter from Carmel O'Hagan, Dundalk, County Louth, to the Minister for Justice, 11 December 1942, enclosing a statement relating to the imprisonment of her mother which she is sending to Cardinal MacRory and the Taoiseach. 'May I ask you kindly to do what you can to end this unnatural separation of a mother from a family that is in sore need of her presence'. The enclosed statement outlines Mrs O'Hagan's case. 'She is the mother of six children whose ages range from seven years to twenty-two. The two younger ones are at day school and so are in need of their mother for the greater part of the day. Mrs O'Hagan is the only mother interned. Mrs O'Hagan is completing her second year of internment. Her eldest daughter has had to interrupt her course as probationer nurse in the Richmond Hospital when it was only half completed'.

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Copy letter to Miss Carmel O'Hagan, Dundalk, County Louth, from PS O'Muireadhaigh, 15 December 1942, acknowledging receipt of her letter requesting the release of her mother, Mrs O'Hagan, from Mountjoy Jail. The letter states that the matter has been brought to the attention of the Minister for Justice.

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Hand-written letter from Maire Ni Mhaicin, Emmet Street, Dublin, recipient unknown, 3 December 1942, requesting parole for her nephew, Sean Magee, an internee at the Curragh Camp. She outlines the circumstances surrounding his arrest. 'He is not a member of any illegal organisation. But during recent municipal elections, he was Director of Elections for Republican Candidates, O'Kelly and Bohan. As such he made speeches. His public meetings, always well attended, were also well conducted ... On the night of September 5th he was taken from his home, between hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, by three men stating he was wanted for questioning. They showed no warrant or credentials'. She asks for parole to allow her nephew to sit a book-keeping examination. She also refers to his young age and the fact that her brother gave his life for Ireland. 'The Minister wrote that he has given careful consideration to your representations, but he regrets he cannot see his way to grant parole to this man. Now it speaks well for careful consideration that this man is a mere boy of eighteen years old ... I ask those things in recognition of my brother's life for the State'.

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Copy letter to Maire Ni Mhaicin, Emmet Street, Dublin, from PS O'Muireadhaigh, 5 December 1942, acknowledging receipt of her letter requesting release on parole for her nephew, Sean Magee, an internee at the Curragh Camp.

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Hand-written letter from Maire Ni Mhaicin, Old Cumann na mBan, Emmet Street, Dublin, to the Department of the Taoiseach, 17 November 1942, regarding her nephew, Sean Magee, an internee at the Curragh Camp. 'I have to inform you, that up to this date, no notice has been taken of the request of my nephew, Sean Magee, for a week's parole to sit for book-keeping examination on 22 December'.

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Copy letter PS O'Muireadhaigh to Maire Ni Mhaicin, Emmet Street, Dublin, 19 December 1942, acknowledging receipt of her letter requesting parole for her nephew, Sean Magee, an internee at the Curragh Camp. The letter states that the matter has been brought to the notice of the Minister for Justice.

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