Reference code
IE CA IR-1/1/2/1/2
Title
Note from Cathal Brugha to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap.
Date(s)
- 14 June 1916 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; Manuscript
Name of creator
(24 October 1877-14 February 1925)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Note from C. Burgess [Cathal Brugha], Dublin Castle Hospital, to Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap., Franciscan Capuchin Church, Church St. It reads: ‘I should be obliged if you dropped in here any time tomorrow or Friday to hear my confession. As there has been a new regulation made here with regard to the admission of the clergy it might be as well if you brought this card with you’. During the Rising Brugha was severely wounded by a hand grenade, as well as by multiple gunshot wounds, and was initially not considered likely to survive. He recovered over the next year, but was left with a permanent limp.