Recto

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To
Miss Mullaly
Dublin

1778
Nano Nagle

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Cork Sepber 29 yr 1778
GHAD/FD/1

29th September 1778
(this letter [?] Dr Hutch's Life of
Nano Nagle at page 108)

Dear Madam
this is a pleasure I have longed for this sometime
past for, which was to acquaint you that what
Doctor Moylan mention’d to you about two years
ago, that I had a desire some establishment shou’d
be made to keep up the schools, for the poor children
not finding any person here, inclin’d to undertake
such an affear, mead me at last consent, to the
Doctors request and last Xmas I took in three persons
to join me in this good work, what made me defer
all this time, was finding myself so improper
a person to undertake it, the Almighty makes
use of the weak’s mains to bring a bout his
works, I am to sent two out of the small number
we have, to Doctor Moylan, as he is very impatient
to have them, and in my opinion they are very proper
to make a foundation in kerry, as the have great
zeal and talents and every virtue proper for it. I send