File 7 - Letters to Germaine Stockley

2 items; Manuscript

Two letters to Germaine Stockley re the treatment of female republican prisoners. One of the letters is from Mary MacSwiney (Máire Nic Shuibhne). The letter refers to the release of her sister Annie MacSwiney from prison. She writes ‘I know how glad and happy you are about Annie’s release. She is getting on well but more slowly than I should like. The doctor says she must take great care for some time. Of course, she is not long out yet’. She also refers to a raid on her house and the imprisonment of other republican women.

Marie Germaine Stockley née Kolb (1868-1949) was born in Munich. She moved to Ireland in 1908 having married William Frederick Paul Stockley, Professor of English at University College Cork. She was a gifted singer who had studied with a pupil of Brahms; she taught in the Cork School of Music.

For biographical information on Mary MacSwiney see https://www.dib.ie/biography/macswiney-mary-a5295