Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written during the Clare East by-election campaign,
[1917].
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Summary: | Duggan's letter is written on headed paper of the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis. He writes of his electioneering for Eamon de Valera's candidacy in Ennis and his expectations of victory despite the opposition of a parish priest in Feakle, who denounced the Sinn Féin activists as 'murderers' both 'in the Press and off the altar'. |
In collection: | Éamonn Duggan Papers, 1913-1968. |
Format: | Manuscript |
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 (2 pages). more |
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Letter from Éamonn Duggan to his fiancée May Kavanagh, written during the Clare East by-election campaign,
[1917].
In Collection: | Éamonn Duggan Papers, 1913-1968. |
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Description: | Duggan's letter is written on headed paper of the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis. He writes of his electioneering for Eamon de Valera's candidacy in Ennis and his expectations of victory despite the opposition of a parish priest in Feakle, who denounced the Sinn Féin activists as 'murderers' both 'in the Press and off the altar'. |
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Language: | English |
Extent: | 1 item (2 pages). |
Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 49,835/6/10
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |