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To Madame O Raháille -P106/175 We, the undersigned hereby
earnestly protest against the
name of our new brother and
cousin as being too sacred for every
day use We have secretly voted
individually and have all
agreed on the noble name
of Pearse. Please write & tell let us know
(So we should be very much
pleased) if you and Mrs Humphreys
would also consent to his being
called in every day talk Pearse
O Raigaille. Any other of the late Irish
martyrs would also satisfy us.
You understand yourself why we
should not like Michael or any
abbreviations of it and they all dislike
Joseph or Joe.
This is a letter to Anne O'Rahilly, the sister of Michael Joseph O'Rahilly (1875-1916),
an Irish Volunteer who was killed on Moore Street during the 1916 Easter Rising while
trying to find a way out of the General Post Office.