Part 4 - Papers of Margaret Pearse (née Brady)

Letter to Margaret Pearse from the Royal Insurance Company Pearse Family Photographs Residential House Family Group Gaelic Football Team at St. Enda's School Margaret Pearse and Margaret Mary Pearse at St. Enda’s School Portrait Print of Margaret Pearse Pearse Memorial / an appeal to the Irish Race St. Enda’s School Purchase Fund Flier Poster for Foresters’ Hall Event
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IE CA CP/3/5/4

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Papers of Margaret Pearse (née Brady)

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  • 1885-1925 (Creation)

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3 files and 25 items; Manuscript; Printed; Photographic print

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(24 November 1900-26 July 1970)

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Margaret Brady was born in Dublin on 12 February 1857. She worked in a stationer’s shop until she married James Pearse, an English stonemason and sculptor, on 24 October 1877. The couple had four children: Margaret Mary, Patrick, William, and Mary Brigid. Of firmly held nationalist opinions, Margaret imbued her children with similar beliefs. In 1908 she joined her sons at Scoil Éanna, taking charge of domestic arrangements at the school. Margaret supported her sons’ political beliefs. Following their executions in 1916, she expressed her wish to maintain their legacy and became involved in political life. Elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin TD in 1921, she strongly opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and left the Dáil following its ratification. She would later join Fianna Fáil as a founding member in 1926. She died on 22 April 1932, at the age of 75, and was honoured with a state funeral. The collection includes mostly personal correspondence, photographs, nationalist ephemera, and material relating to her role in the management of St. Enda’s School.

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For detailed biographical information on Margaret Pearse (née Brady) (1857-1932) see https://www.dib.ie/biography/pearse-brady-margaret-a7246

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