Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written from Brackanraney, Co. Meath,
[n.d.]
Duggan's letter may have been written in the immediate aftermath of his release from prison, when he holidayed in Co. Meath. He writes of how he spends his time ('in the fields' and 'visiting in the evening') and his views of the lack of any political awareness of the local people - 'They are making so much money out of cattle they dont [sic] worry about patriotism'.
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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 (4 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 in the immediate aftermath of his release from prison, when he holidayed in Co. Meath. He writes of how he spends his time ('in the fields' and 'visiting in the evening') and his views of the lack of any political awareness of the local people - 'They are making so much money out of cattle they dont [sic] worry about patriotism'. |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (4 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 49,835/6/3
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |