Copy letter from Margaret Pearse to Mr. Clarke, thanking him and his wife for naming their daughter Margaret after her,
1919 March 2.
Margaret Pearse writes "when I heard it I was very pleased, may your dear little one grow up a good little Irish girl, and when she comes to womanhood and perhaps becomes a mother let us hope if ever she is asked to make a sacrifice for her country I hope she will make it as willingly as the mother whose name her mother and father have chosen for her [...] I hope the sacrifice that was made for her, as well as for us will be sufficient to drive the opp[resso]r out of our dear country and she may live to enjoy that freedom which my dear boys had before them in life".
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Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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Notes: | Includes Margaret Pearse's address at Cullenswood House, Oakley Road, Rathmines. Physical description: 1 item (2 pages). more |
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Copy letter from Margaret Pearse to Mr. Clarke, thanking him and his wife for naming their daughter Margaret after her,
1919 March 2.
In Collection: | Pearse Papers, 1870-1932 |
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Description: | Margaret Pearse writes "when I heard it I was very pleased, may your dear little one grow up a good little Irish girl, and when she comes to womanhood and perhaps becomes a mother let us hope if ever she is asked to make a sacrifice for her country I hope she will make it as willingly as the mother whose name her mother and father have chosen for her [...] I hope the sacrifice that was made for her, as well as for us will be sufficient to drive the opp[resso]r out of our dear country and she may live to enjoy that freedom which my dear boys had before them in life". |
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Language: | English |
Extent: | 1 item (2 pages). |
Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 21,059/19/5
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland. |