Letters by Brigadistas

Over the past while I have been asked several times about the existance of ANY letters home from Spain by Brigadiers. I must say that I've been lucky enough to read a few of these, and even in a couple of cases to hold them.

I thought I would bring some of these letters together, in [nearly] chronological order.

Can I say now, that if anyone else knows of letters home by Irish veterans, and that includes Irish-Americans, etc, I would be very thankful if you could draw my attention to them.

Ciaran Crossey, Belfast, Jan. 13th 2009 - irelandscw@yahoo.co.uk

recent addition - 2 short letters by Gerry Doran - CC, 3/1/0

• Bill Scott writes from Madrid - in The Worker, Jan. 2nd 1937.
• James J O'Beirne - "A letter from the Front", in The Worker 16th January 1937
• Patrick Stanley - "Murphy Lies: A letter from Spain". 20th Feb. 37, The Worker
• Frank Ryan writes from Madrid Front The Worker, 27th Feb. 1937
• Ben Murray - on the death of Alec Muir . April 8th 1937
• Gerry Doran A letter from April 1937
• Gerry Doran A short note from May 1937
• A series of letters by George Browne, from 17th Feb. 1937 - 27th June 1937.
• Gerry Doran to his mother, 21st April 1937. From Albacete.
• Thomas Kerr to his mother, from Barcelona Hospital, 14th Sept. [1937]
• Joe Gibbons - on the sinking of the "City of Barcelona", 4 Sept. 1937 - to Florence
• Joe Gibbons - Letter about a mountain trip and death in the Spanish Civil War - Dec. 27th 1937
• Letter by Jack Nalty to his mother from London March 1938
• Frank Keery to his mother, 19th March 1938
• Jack Nalty writes from Spain - May 1938 - The Worker's Republic
• Tom O'Brien - Send Cigarettes to Spain - June 1938
• Jack Nalty - August 1938 - To Jeannie Glannon.
• Mick O'Riordan on Irish history and politics: a recently uncovered 1939 letter
• Letter from Mick O’Riordan to Cyril Sexton, 1942. - Mick was at this point interned in the Curragh Internment Camp
• Jim Haughey's letter to his sister, May 1945
• Brendan Moroney - Letters in the Irish Post, 1979-85.