Jessica kept many postcards that she received from friends and family.

This postcard is dated 23 January 1914. It features a small boy on one side, which the reverse of the card explains is ‘A British Child’.

Jessica's correspondent has written across the picture: ‘We will not have Home Rule’.

By permission of the family of Jessica Taylor

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Citation:
'We will not have Home Rule!',
Marsh's Library Exhibits: ‘Changed Utterly?’ curated by Elaine Doyle and Jason McElligott,
accessed May 21, 2026,
https://web.marshlibrary.ie/digi/exhibits/show/irishrevolution/item/626