To the
Editor "Nationalist and Leinster Times"
- Lisnevagh,
- Rathvilly,
- County Carlow.
-
January 1922.
Sir
I have
received the following letter from Her Excellency The Viscountess
Fitzalan, and would ask you to be good enough to publish it, with my
accompanying notice, in the next two issues of your paper:-
- Vice Regal Lodge,
- Dublin,
8th December 1921,
Dear
Lady Rathdonnell
I feel
sure that the women of Ireland would wish to offer a present to Her
Royal Highness, Princess Mary, on the occasion of her marriage. Subject
to your approval, I would suggest that the wife of The Lieutenant in
Carlow should form a committee of the ladies in the county to collect
money for this purpose, that women only should be invited to contribute,
and that the subscriptions should be from one shilling upwards, so that
poor and rich may be able to subscribe.
I would
suggest that the subscriptions from each county should be sent to me at
the Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin, and that we all meet to decide what form
the present should take.
No
Doubt we should agree it should be something made in Ireland. -
Yours sincerely, Mary Fitzalan.
In
response to the above I am ready to receive any subscriptions, which can
be sent to me personally, or to any of the following members of the
Committee, who have kindly consented to receive them:-
Mrs
Bruen, Oak Park; Mrs. Bagenal, Benekerry; Mrs. Browne-Clayton, Browne's
Hill; Mrs. Kavanagh, Borris; Mrs. Lecky, Ballykealy; Mrs. Vessy,
Dunleckney; Mrs. Lecky-Watson, Lumclone, Fenagh.
The
subscription list will be closed on January 14th. 1922.