Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916

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Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916

1 Mr Doyle,
Enniscorthy Sgoil Ã‰anna, RÃ¡t FearnÃ¡in St. Enda's College, Rathfarnham 17th Feb. 1916 A cara On the whole I should prefer not to have
my photograph on the cover. The souvenir is a
very good idea, but I think a portrait of
Emmet would be better (as well as handsomer)
on the cover. After I am hanged my portrait
will be interesting, but not before. I presume that the 4.30 train (arriving 7.39)
will take me down in good time? I shall have
to return early on the Thursday morning, as
I have to be in Belfast on the night of
the 2nd. Sincerely yours P.H. Pearse

A letter from Patrick Pearse (1879-1916) to Seamus Doyle, a member of the Irish Volunteers in Enniscorthy, County Wexford. This letter refers to the use of Pearse's image on the cover of a publication. He writes that an image of Robert Emmet would be more suitable and 'After I am hanged my portrait will be interesting, but not before.' He also writes about travel arrangements for a trip to Wexford.Patrick Pearse was a writer, a teacher and one of the leaders of the Easter Rising, 1916. He was a key member of the IRB military council, a signatory of the proclamation of the Irish Republic (which he read outside the GPO). As president of the provisional government, it was Pearse who called the surrender. He along with 15 others, was executed shortly after surrender. Seamus Doyle was lieutenant in the Enniscorthy battalion of the Irish Volunteers and one of the men active in Enniscorthy during the Easter Rising, one of the few places outside Dublin to see any military action.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0039.html)