Item 6 - Card to Anna Fahy from Richard Francis Hayes

1 p.; Manuscript

Card to Anna Fahy, 17 Norfolk Road, Phibsborough, Dublin, from Richard Francis Hayes giving an account of his and Frank Fahy’s imprisonment in Reading Jail. He writes ‘We are doing fairly well here – thanks especially to Frank who has been everything to us. I have only one complaint against him and I tell you because you will sympathise with me. He is next cell to me and has a frightful habit of making dreadful noise in his cell in the dark mornings between 6 & 7. He insists on persuading me he is singing & is training his voice!’.

For biographical information on Richard Francis Hayes (1882-1958) see https://www.dib.ie/biography/hayes-richard-francis-a3876