Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written from Lewes Prison,

1917 May 19.
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Main Creator: Duggan, Éamonn, 1874-1936
Contributors: Duggan, May
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Summary:Duggan writes of the Longford South by-election, the changing political mood in Ireland, his scepticism about recent converts to republicanism (‘it is very cheap to sing ‘’Soliders are we’’ when you know there’s nothing doing’), his attending a mass in Lewes prison for his fallen comrades and his view that since the Rising ‘everything we do is right – even our mistakes’.


Duggan's letter also includes a note to both his sister Cissie Duggan and friend Mat. To the former he writes of their sister Maggie's health; to Matt he writes of the changing political climate in Ireland and his feelings of loss at the death his comrades who fought in the Rising.
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In collection: Éamonn Duggan Papers, 1913-1968.
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Notes:Duggan was a member of the Irish Volunteers and fought at the North Dublin Union and later Fr. Mathew Hall during the Easter Rising.

Physical description: 1 item (4 pages).

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Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written from Lewes Prison,

1917 May 19.
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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Éamonn Duggan Papers, 1913-1968.
Description:Duggan writes of the Longford South by-election, the changing political mood in Ireland, his scepticism about recent converts to republicanism (‘it is very cheap to sing ‘’Soliders are we’’ when you know there’s nothing doing’), his attending a mass in Lewes prison for his fallen comrades and his view that since the Rising ‘everything we do is right – even our mistakes’.
Duggan's letter also includes a note to both his sister Cissie Duggan and friend Mat. To the former he writes of their sister Maggie's health; to Matt he writes of the changing political climate in Ireland and his feelings of loss at the death his comrades who fought in the Rising.
Main Creator: Duggan, Éamonn, 1874-1936
Language:English
Extent:1 item (4 pages).
Format:Manuscript
Call Number: MS 49,835/3/25 (Manuscripts Reading Room)
Rights:Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.