Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written from Trim, Co. Meath,
[n.d.].
Duggan's letter refers to his campaigning in Co. Meath during the General Election [1918], notably his collecting money and attending meetings. He refers to the discomforts of travelling around the county, tiredness and waiting for the start of meetings in unheated halls, of which he writes to his fiancée 'don't think I'm on a pleasure trip'.
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Notes: | Duggan joined the Irish Volunteers on their foundation and fought at the North Dublin Union and later Fr. Mathew Hall during the Easter Rising. He was subsequently imprisoned in Mountjoy, Portland and Lewes prisons, was among those released in the summer of 1917 and successfully stood as a Sinn Féin candidate for South Meath in 1918. Physical description: 1 item (4 pages). more |
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Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written from Trim, Co. Meath,
[n.d.].
In Collection: | Éamonn Duggan Papers, 1913-1968. |
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Description: | Duggan's letter refers to his campaigning in Co. Meath during the General Election [1918], notably his collecting money and attending meetings. He refers to the discomforts of travelling around the county, tiredness and waiting for the start of meetings in unheated halls, of which he writes to his fiancée 'don't think I'm on a pleasure trip'. |
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Language: | English |
Extent: | 1 item (4 pages). |
Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 49,835/6/24
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |