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I see that you and yours have been doing splendid work for me. One reason I'd love to win is that we could make St. Patrick's a rallying ground for women and a splendid centre for constructive work by women.
<i>Extract of letter from Countess Markievicz to
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, 12th December 1918 (NLI MS 22684)</i>