Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written from Brackanraney, Co. Meath,
[n.d.].
Duggan's letter may have been written following his release from prison in the summer of 1917, when he holidayed in Co. Meath. He writes of the formation a new Sinn Fein Club in Trim and their first meeting being monitored by the local R.I.C. He also refers to his intention to write to Major Charles Heathcote regarding a financial claim he made against the British Army.
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| Language: | English |
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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 (6 pages). more |
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Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written from Brackanraney, Co. Meath,
[n.d.].
| In Collection: | Éamonn Duggan Papers, 1913-1968. |
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| Description: | Duggan's letter may have been written following his release from prison in the summer of 1917, when he holidayed in Co. Meath. He writes of the formation a new Sinn Fein Club in Trim and their first meeting being monitored by the local R.I.C. He also refers to his intention to write to Major Charles Heathcote regarding a financial claim he made against the British Army. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (6 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 49,835/6/7
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |