Letter from Margaret Pearse, 14 October 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Margaret Pearse

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This is a letter from Margaret Pearse (1857-1932) to the Secretary of the American Alliance. In this letter, Margaret apologetically declines an invitation to a concert, confessing that she finds it difficult to attend any event 'that would in the least remind me of my own dear boys'. She writes of the 'noble cause' of Pearse and Willie, and discusses the ways in which she can now find consolation.Margaret Pearse was the mother of the Easter Rising leader Patrick (1879-1916) and Willie (1881-1916). Margaret fully supported her sons in their revolutionary activities, and following their execution in May 1916, she played an important role in perpetuating their memory and vision, and securing funds for the republican cause. She received a state funeral upon her death in 1932.

 Military Archives of Ireland Br. Allen Collection, Pearse Collection, IE/AL/PC/9/33 https://letters1916.ie/item/853 English Margaret Pearse 1916-10-14 St. Enda's College, Oakley Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland Female Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Personal Relations

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 St Endas College Oakley Road Oct 14 th 1916 To the Secretary of the Irish American Alliance Dear Sir I beg to be kindly excused for not been able to accept your very kind invitation to your concert which I hope will be a great success I assure you I regret very much not feeling able just yet to attend anything that would in the least remind me of my dear boys. Not indeed but I give them willingly in the noble cause for which they gave their dear lives for and am proud of been the mother of such noble sons One consolation I have is I know both them and their brave companions are happy and I hope that what they have died for may be cherished amongst the friends they have left behind and that the same spirit they had may be kept up until ourdear Country is released from Tyrany and slavery Again thanking you for invitation Yours Sincerely Margaret Pearse Margaret Pearse Letter from Margaret Pearse to Mabel FitzGerald, 16 July, 1916.Copy 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 Margaret Pearse, 14 October 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 1916 St. Enda's College, Oakley Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Margaret Pearse, 14 October 1916