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This is a letter from Cathal Brugha (1874-1922), revolutionary, to Éamonn Ceannt (1881), cultural nationalist and revolutionary. Brugha writes a message in English and in Irish on the morning of the Easter Rising from his mobilisation point. Eoin MacNeill's countermanding order and the decision to postpone the Rising until Easter Monday led to much confusion and a far reduced number of men turned out. Brugha (born Charles Burgess) was an active nationalist, member of the Gaelic League and adjutant of the 4th Dublin battalion of the Irish Volunteers. Ceannt was 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 where Brugha served as his second in command. Brugha was severely wounded during the fighting but survived and Ceannt was executed on 8 May 1916.
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