Reference code
IE CA IR-1/3/1/5
Title
Note from rebel participant in the Easter Rising
Date(s)
- May 1916 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 pp; Manuscript
Name of creator
(20 March 1870-2 May 1957)
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The note reads: ‘Dear Mother, we had to surrender so we march to Phoneix [sic] Park, don’t forget to pray us’. A partially decipherable name and address is given on the reverse: ‘Matthew [ ], 12 Great Longford St, Dublin, off Aungier St.’ The item was found within an envelope annotated: ‘Farewell letter to His mother of a soldier of the I.R.A. who fought for Ireland in the Rising of Easter Week, 1916’.
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) at https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/x346fb230