fol. 4r

On Thursday eve. we heard the fight could
be very fierce, so at 7.30. pm. all the nuns
& children assembled in Church & Mother
General said prayers aloud - Miserere,
Litany of S. Heart, B.V. Mary & St. Joseph.

We all made the Holy Hour from 9 to 10 pm.
& then ended up by saying the 5 Paters &
Aves at S. Patricks Altar.

The fires in the city were terrible we could
see them from St. Joseph's building &
the cannonading & continual firing most awful.

In the earlier part of the day M.r Burke
came out with letters from Green - which
gave much relief to Mother General, & she
wrote back by her.

28th Friday.

Great firing all day - first news
paper received since Easter Saturday was
brought by some visitor & lads hailed with
instense delight. Fires still raging all night.
(on Thursday Mother Provincial & Mistress
... remained up all night as it was expected
in town that the Sinn Feiners, if driven out