Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Patrick Henry Pearse

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This is a typed copy of 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. 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.

 Military Archives of Ireland Bureau of Military History Contemporary Documents, Seamus Doyle Collection, BMH CD/127/3/3 https://letters1916.ie/item/41 English Patrick Henry Pearse 1916-02-17 St Enda's College, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland Seamus Doyle Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland Male Culture and the Arts Politics Politics

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 'Lt. Doyle Enniscorthy' written in manuscript on original. ST. ENDA'S COLLEGE RATHFARNHAM SCOIL ÉANNA RÁTH FEARNÁIN. 17th Feb. 1916 A Chara, 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 shallhave to return early on the Thursday morning,as I have to be in Belfast on the night of the2nd. Sincerely yours, (Sgd.) P. H. Pearse St Enda's College, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Pádraig Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916 Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Pádraig Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916 Patrick Henry Pearse Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seán T. O'Kelly, 22 April 1916Copy of letter from Patrick Pearse to his mother Margaret Pearse, 3 May 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to his mother Margaret Pearse, 3 May 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse, 25 November 1915Letter from Patrick Pearse, 9 December 1915Company Mobilisation Order from Patrick Pearse to Frank Sheridan, 20 April 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to his mother Margaret Pearse, 3 May 1916Copy of last letter from Patrick Pearse to his mother Margaret Pearse, 3 May 1916Company Mobilisation Order from P.H. Pearse to F. Sheridan, 20 April 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Mr O'Danaher, 14 December 1915Letter from Patrick Pearse, 4 March 1916Letter from Pádraig Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916 Seamus Doyle Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Pass from Seamus Doyle to Thomas Kelly, 27 April 1916Letter from Pádraig Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916