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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
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