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167 [n.d.]
Letter from Ciss O'Connor writing as if a secretary requesting Mr. Fitzgerald to on the messages of her employer to "Seamus". She has sent over a parcel to him but could not get any nice sweets due to strikes in the shops. She declares herself to be everything a secretary should be "Cannot use a typewriter! Write whatever comes into my head! and look on life in general as a huge joke". she informs him in the last twelve months. Closes jovially wishing him the best. 3pp
168 [n.d.]
Incomplete letter from Ciss O'Connor to Seamus. She came into Cork to post some cigarettes to him and is sitting in the Victoria Hotel. Comments it's been done up since they were last there. She has interrupted a couple by the fire "but the day is so bitterly cold, it's up to them to push off, if my presence is marring their happiness. 2pp
169 [n.d.]
Latter part of letter from Ciss O'Connor informing Seamus she is having a novena of masses said for his release and exhorting him to keep his spirits up. A joking P.S. declares "Don't waste paper thanking me for parcels! Don't ever tell me what's you'd like!" 1p Incomplete letter from Ciss O'Connor in Liverpool thanking Seamus warmly for his letter. She is glad he is in better spirits and jokes about the contents of the parcels she sent him. 2pp Letter from Ciss O'Connor in Liverpool sending Christmas greetings to Seamus. She knows he is feeling upset at not being released but assures him his turn will come soon. Thanks him for his letter and kind words to the "Gypsy Circle" and resolves not to say anything unkind as it is Christmas "Your opinions and mine over the parcel question are like two knives crossed." 6pp
170 [n.d.]
171 [n.d.]
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