Draft legal agreement between Patrick Pearse and the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland for funds for the provision of ‘equipment and appliances for the practical teaching of the Natural and Experimental Sciences’ in St. Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, Dublin. With a schedule of annual payments to be made by Pearse to Education Board from 1910 to 1920. The agreement is signed by Pearse and is dated 24 January 1911. The document is in typescript with various manuscript additions (8 pp). The file includes two printed copies of the agreement. The printed copies appear to be unsigned.
Revenue accounts for Patrick Pearse and Saint Enda’s School in Rathfarnham, for the year ended 30 June 1912. The accounts provide details of expenditure and income relating to the operation of the school. Also includes a statement of the financial affairs of the school as of 30 June 1912 with details of liabilities and assets. The accounts were prepared by D. O’Connor, chartered accountants, 13 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. He notes that ‘the statement of affairs was prepared from the books, and from creditors’ statements of account, and from information supplied by Mr. Pearse. The valuations of assets were made by Mr. Pearse’.
Lodgement slip from the Hibernian Bank Limited, to the account of St. Enda’s School for the amount of £2 9d 5s. The item is possibly in the hand of Patrick Pearse. Rough manuscript calculations on the reverse.
Copy circular letter from Patrick Pearse re the financial situation at St. Enda’s School. The letter adds ‘As the yearly loss on St. Ita’s (the girls’ College) was very heavy, it was decided in the general interests not to re-open it’.
Memorandum of agreement between Patrick Pearse, St. Enda’s School, Rathfarnham, Dublin, and Deborah Alexander Wright, 11 Brighton Road, Terenure, Dublin, re the letting by the former of a portion of the garden at Cullenswood House, Oakley Road, Rathmines, Dublin. The rent payable is £4 2s 6d per quarter. The memorandum appears to be in Pearse’s hand and is signed by him.
A small collection of documents relating to Patrick Pearse’s involvement with the Irish Volunteers. The collection includes an important record book of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin covering the months leading up to the 1916 Rising.
Attendance record of the first and second Dublin Battalions of the Irish Volunteers. The entries are dated 15 April 1916. The record includes the signatures of Seán Heuston (Seán Mac Aodha), Richard McKee, Mícheál Ó Murchadha, The O’Reilly (Ua Rathghaille), William Pearse, and Thomas MacDonagh.
