References to Ffrench Mullen in the Allen Library
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Dr. Kathleen Lynn Collection IE/AL/KL/1/7 25 June 1910 1 item; 2pp Empty envelope addressed to ‘Miss M. ffrench Mullen, 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland.’ A list of names and numbers is written on the back of the envelope. IE/AL/KL/1/14 30 April 1916 1 item Handwritten last will and testament of Constance Markievicz. ‘I leave to my husband Casimir de Markievicz the sum of £100 pounds, to my stepson Stanislas de Markievicz the sum of £100 to Bessie Lynch who lived with me £25. Everything else I possess to my daughter, Medb Alys de Markievicz.’ Michael Mallin and Madeleine ffrench Mullen witnessed it. [Provenance: Given by Dr. Lynn, 10 September 1952]. IE/AL/KL/1/28 12 August 1916 1 item; 2pp Handwritten letter from Constance Markievicz, Holloway Jail to Madeleine ffrench Mullen. Constance Markievicz thanks her for the present and tells her ‘Mrs. Clarke is wonderful, with her bad health, its marvellous how she sticks it out at all. Give Kathleen and Emer my love and thank Emer for fags she sent me. I hope K is well; I heard that she was back from her holiday, but not going about much. I am all right again, gone up in weight and all the better for my enforced rest! …now goodbye much love to you and yours and my soldier girls.’ IE/AL/KL/1/30/1-2 7 November 1916 2 items Envelope and handwritten letter from Eva Gore Booth, 33 Fitzroy, Square, London to Dr. Lynn and Madeleine ffrench Mullen. The letter relates to her visits to Constance Markievicz in prison. Countess Markievicz wishes to send her love to a number of friends and hopes Andy Dunn and Mr. Nugent win something at the Feis or anywhere for their music. She is also anxious to receive any relics of Easter Week, Eva Gore Booth therefore asks ‘Could you tell “the boys” this, especially she wants a stamp if possible kept for her.’ Eva also writes that Countess Markievicz is now working in the kitchens, ‘she got awfully tired and rather seedy with all that sitting still sewing.’ The governor remarked that “she’s very energetic!!” IE/AL/KL/1/34 [c. 1916] 1 item; 2pp Handwritten draft of a letter or minutes from a meting written on Irish Transport and General Workers Union headed paper. It mentions that ‘Prior to Easter Week there existed in the premises of Liberty Hall a workroom run in connection with the Cooperative Society’s Drapery Shop attached to the Transport Workers Union. During the occupation by the military our workrooms were dismantled and the machines smashed. Since Easter Week the girls employed in the workroom have been idle and we now propose restarting this branch of our activities immediately pending rebuilding operations and subsequent reopening of the shop. In order to accomplish this we would require a grant to procure machines, materials etc. and to pay the wages which have always been calculated on a fair trade basis. We desire the money to be placed to the credit of the Irish Women Workers’ Union and we here by append a list of its officers. President Countess M[Markievicz] Vice President James Connolly. Acting General Secretary Miss Molony. Members of Committee Mary Geraghty, T. Sheen, Miss Perolz etc. In the unavoidable absence of Miss Molony, Dr. Lynn and Miss ffrench Mullen were deputed to call on Mr. Murphy. In the course of a [ill.] interview a short account of our work done and plans for the future were set before him and met with his cordial approval and he assured our representations that the necessary funds to finance these schemes would be forthcoming on application to the National Aid Association.' IE/AL/KL/1/41 1916 1 item Empty mourning envelope addressed to ‘Miss ffrench Mullen, Mountjoy Prison, Dublin.’ IE/AL/KL/1/42/1-2 6 January 1917 2 items Handwritten envelope and letter from May Jones, 51 Queen’s Road, Richmond, Surrey to Dr. Lynn and Madeleine ffrench Mullen. She thanks both of them for their presents. ‘Madeleine’s cake arrived back in Dublin just before I left. Surely “they expected to find some important clue to a very deep laid scheme hidden in the cake, for it was literally in crumbs!’ She also mentions that ‘it seems ages since I was over, but I suppose it is good that some of us should be here; and though it is difficult to know what good can be done here, still I suppose a soldier’s duty is to do his best in whatever position he’s placed. The first thing will be a raffle for diamond earrings for the fund. Don’t forget that £50; but keep it private.’ IE/AL/KL/1/45 20 April 1917 1 item; 2pp Postcard with the following autographs ‘Kathleen Clarke, Bríd Ní Foghludha, Kathleen F. Lynn, Winifred Carney, Mrs. Plunkett, Caitlín de Brún, Nelly O’Ryan, M. ffrench Mullen, Nell Humphreys.’ IE/AL/KL/1/51 9 July 1917 1 item; 2pp Handwritten letter from Laurence Ginnell, Old Ground Hotel, Ennis to Dr. Lynn, 9 Belgrave Road, Rathmines, Dublin. He writes ‘the bustle of an election contest is unfavourable to correspondence. Otherwise I would have written to say how pleased I was to hear of your coming to Mullingar next Sunday; and how sorry to hear of Miss ffrench Mullen’s breakdown. For a good while I have feared this. Her friends should insist upon her taking a long and complete rest. Otherwise something may happen which no one who knows her can bear think of. I told her brother so here last night. Subject to the uncertainty inseparable from popular decisions I believe we are going to have a bigger victory than in North Roscommon. My movements after that are not fully fixed, and I will try to see you before Sunday. If impossible, I will write to you.’ IE/AL/KL/1/53 15 July 1917 1 item; 1p Autographs of people who attended the ‘banquet in Mullingar’, The Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar. The names include Darrell Figgis, Kathleen Lynn, Alice Ginnell, Éamon de Valera, Arthur Griffith, Madeleine ffrench Mullen, Laurence Ginnell. IE/AL/KL/1/77 30 November 1918 1 item; 2pp Handwritten postcard from Bob (Robert) Brennan, Gloucester Jail to Dr. Lynn and Madeleine ffrench Mullen. He thanks them for their card and good wishes. ‘We are a very happy family here with eight M.P.’s and five ordinary folk.’ IE/AL/KL/1/79/1-2 December 1918 2 items Postcard from Constance Markievicz and Kathleen Clarke, Holloway Jail to Madeleine ffrench Mullen. IE/AL/KL/1/89 May 1919 1 item Calling card for Count and Countess Plunkett, 26 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin. A handwritten note on it reads ’Dr. K. Lynn and Miss ffrench Mullen to meet delegates from U.S.A. Seanchus 12th May, Monday 4.30 p.m. IE/AL/KL/1/98 11 January 1920 1 item; 4pp ‘The Cuala News’. The Cuala group consisted of James Dwyer; G.A. Daly; Mrs. Frances Ceannt; Kathleen Lynn; Madeleine ffrench Mullen; James MacDonagh; William Sears; Archibald Nicolls; Thomas O’Connor; Seán Doyle; Thomas Cullen; Robert Brennan; Mrs. Mary Josephine Mulcahy (formerly Miss Minnie Ryan); George Irvine. IE/AL/KL/1/104/1-3 20 January 1921 3 items Typed letter and information sent to Madeleine ffrench Mullen relating to the School Attendance Committee, Urban District of Rathmines and Rathgar, Dublin. IE/AL/KL/1/105 25 January 1921 1 item; 2pp Handwritten notes possibly by Madeleine ffrench Mullen on some children in St. Ultan’s. IE/AL/KL/1/135/1-4 April 1925 4 items Envelope and two handwritten letters from J.A. Kingston, Rockwell College, Cashel, Tipperary to Madeleine ffrench Mullen. The letters relate to securing work for W.J. Jewel. J.A. Kingston writes ‘I regret very much to say that I have no opportunity’ in finding him work. ‘If you think Mr. Jewel could come down here for a few weeks rest I am sure I would manage to put him up without much difficulty. Even if I had work to offer him, the people around here would treat him as an intruder and perhaps make his position uncomfortable.’ In the second letter he tells Madeleine ffrench Mullen that Mr. Jewel can come at any time. There is also a handwritten draft of a letter to Fr. Kingston (30 April 1925). IE/AL/KL/1/136 3 May 1925 1 item; 4pp Handwritten letter from John Clarke, c/o Revd. Dr. Welch, St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Cape Town, South Africa to Madeleine ffrench Mullen. He tells her that he thinks the library has a copy of the book she mentioned. He hopes to combine two of his publications and call it “Roman Fever”. He also recalls when he ‘returned from the West Indies in 1892 as a parson going to see a meeting near Mount Jerome called to demand the release of Irish prisoners at which your father spoke from a dray.’ IE/AL/KL/1/137 6 May 1925 1 item; 2pp Handwritten draft of a letter from Madeleine ffrench Mullen possible to Mr. Jewel offering him the opportunity of spending a months holiday at Rockwell College. IE/AL/KL/1/138 26 May 1925 1 item Invitation card to Madeleine ffrench Mullen from the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Mount Anville, Dublin. The occasion was the canonisation of their foundress, Saint Madeleine Sophie. IE/AL/KL/1/141 10 May 1927 1 item Invitation card to Madeleine ffrench Mullen and friend to a conference in the Royal College of Surgeons by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.