File 17 - ‘Memories of Easter Week, 1916 by Rev. Father Aloysius, OFM Cap.’

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IE CA IR-1/3/1/17

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‘Memories of Easter Week, 1916 by Rev. Father Aloysius, OFM Cap.’

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  • c.1944-1950 (Creation)

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28 pp; Typescript

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Travers, Aloysius, 1870-1957, Capuchin priest
(20 March 1870-2 May 1957)

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Irish Capuchin Archives

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Recollections by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. of the fighting of Easter Week, the surrender of the rebel forces and subsequent execution of their leaders. He provides an eye-witness account of the executions in Kilmainham Jail most notably that of James Connolly. The typescript copies are incomplete: 17 pp + 11 pp. With an undated typescript copy of ‘Connolly’s death speech’ taken from the 'Gaelic American'.

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      Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) at https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/x346fb35s

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