Letter to Patrick Pearse re the Wexford Brigade, Irish Volunteers

Letter to Patrick Pearse from Captain James O’Sullivan, Wexford Brigade, Irish Volunteers. The letter reads: ‘Your letter received to-day, & instructions therein noted. Am staying the remainder of this week with the Wexford Batt. & shall move on to Ross, on Monday next, letters c/o Philip Lennon, John St[reet] Ross, will find me. Shall stay but one week in Ross, & one week in Enniscorthy. Have not come into contact with Comdt. O’Connell yet. I discover, here, that he went to Dublin on Sunday. H

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Date
4 Apr. 1916
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51
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Letter to Patrick Pearse from Captain James O’Sullivan, Wexford Brigade, Irish Volunteers. The letter reads: ‘Your letter received to-day, & instructions therein noted. Am staying the remainder of this week with the Wexford Batt. & shall move on to Ross, on Monday next, letters c/o Philip Lennon, John St[reet] Ross, will find me. Shall stay but one week in Ross, & one week in Enniscorthy. Have not come into contact with Comdt. O’Connell yet. I discover, here, that he went to Dublin on Sunday. Had a very successful meeting in Rathangan on Sunday last, & expect good results therefrom, in the neighbouring districts. Arming with pikes is going on apace. Yours faithfully, Jas. Sullivan Capt.’
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Irish Capuchin Archives
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Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Correspondence and Papers of the Pearse Family > Papers of Patrick Pearse > Letters to Patrick Pearse

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  • Am staying the remainder of this week with the Wexford Batt. & shall move on to Ross, on Monday next, letter Gt Phelp Lennon, John St. Goss, will find me.
  • Shall stay but one week in Ross, & one week in Enniscorthy.
  • Am staying the remainder of this week with the Wexford Batt. & shall move on to Ross, on Monday next, letter Gt Phelp Lennon, John St. Goss, will find me.
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Wexford Brigade Irish Volunteers ENNISCORTHY, H. A. Apnil 1916 Accred Your letter received to-day, & construction therein noted, Am staying the remainder of this week with the Wexford Batt. & shall move on to Ross, on Monday next, letter Gt Phelp Lennon, John St. Goss, will find me. Shall stay but one week in Ross, & one week in Enniscorthy. Have not come into contact with Cond. Housell, yet. I discover, here, that he went to Duller on Sunday. Had a very successful, making in Pahangar on Sunday last, & expect good results, therefrom, in the neighbouring districts. Arming with pits is going on a pace. Your father J. D. Sullivan Call.