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Carn na gCloch. 8/11/1915. A Chara, Is doigh go gcuirfidh tu suim san obair nuaidh seo
ata le tosughadh againn Dia Luain seo chugainn. An mbeidh tu
ionan do chuid leitreacha agus leitreacha na Craoibhe do chur
thrid an bPost Gaedhealach? Ma bhir bead buidheach dhiot ach
iad fhagail ins an siopa is goire dhuit. Do chara, Éamonn Ceannt
This is a copy of a letter written in Irish by Éamonn Ceannt (1881-1916), Irish-Ireland
and revolutionary. Ceannt was an active cultural nationalist and seperatist and was
a member of the Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers (where he was director of communications
and commandant of the 4th Dublin battalion) and the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
Ceannt was a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and during the Easter
Rising Ceannt commanded the garrison of rebels in the South Dublin Union. He was executed
on 8 May 1916.
The letter refers to plans to set up private postal system for letters in Irish and
about Irish Volunteer business and asks that the recipient