Letter from Patrick Pearse, 4 March 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Patrick Henry Pearse

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This letter was sent by Patrick Henry (1879-1916), a writer and school headmaster at St Enda's College. In this letter Pearse iencloses a receipt for £25, adding that Desmond and Fintan are both getting on very well at the College. A key member of the military council of the IRB who planned the Easter Rising, Pearse was one of the signatories of the proclamation of the Irish republic (largely his own writing), which he read outside the GPO after the outbreak of the Rising. As president of the provisional government Pearse called for the surrender and was executed on 3 May 1916. Pearse's mother, Margaret Pearse (1857-1932) kept St Enda's, open after his death and was later elected a TD.

 Military Archives of Ireland Military Archives of Ireland, Br Allen Collection, Pearse Collection; IE/AL/PC/9/30 https://letters1916.ie/item/2984 English Patrick Henry Pearse 1916-03-04 St. Enda's College, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland Male 1916 Industry and Public Administration Industry and Public Administration Personal Relations

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 Scoil Eanna, Rat Fearnain ST. ENDA'S COLLEGE, RATHFARNAM. 7th Mar. 1916. A Cara Croise, I am very much obliged to you for p.o.o. £25, for which I have pleasure in enclosing receipt. The two boys are very well. Desmond is giving great satisfaction in his school work, and Fintan is regular and punctual in going in to his university classes. Indeed, we are all as busy as can be. With kindest regards to you and Mrs Murphy. Sincerely yours P.H.Pearse. Patrick Henry Pearse Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Seán T. O'Kelly, 22 April 1916Copy 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 Patrick Pearse, 25 November 1915Letter from Patrick Pearse, 9 December 1915Company Mobilisation Order from Patrick Pearse to Frank Sheridan, 20 April 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 1916Company Mobilisation Order from P.H. Pearse to F. Sheridan, 20 April 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Mr O'Danaher, 14 December 1915Letter from Patrick Pearse, 4 March 1916Letter from Pádraig Pearse to Seamus Doyle, 17 February 1916 St. Enda's College, Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland Letter from William Pearse to Éamonn Bulfin, 21 April 1916Letter from William Pearse to Éamonn Bulfin, 24 April 1916Counterfoil addressed to William Pearse, April 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse, 25 November 1915Letter from Patrick Pearse, 9 December 1915Letter from William Pearse to Éamonn Bulfin, 21 April 1916Letter from Patrick Pearse to Mr O'Danaher, 14 December 1915Letter from Patrick Pearse, 4 March 1916