Note from rebel participant in the Easter Rising

The note reads: ‘Dear Mother, we had to surrender so we march to Phoneix [sic] Park, don’t forget to pray us’. A partially decipherable name and address is given on the reverse: ‘Matthew [ ], 12 Great Longford St, Dublin, off Aungier St.’ The item was found within an envelope annotated: ‘Farewell letter to His mother of a soldier of the I.R.A. who fought for Ireland in the Rising of Easter Week, 1916’.

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Level of description
Item
Date
May 1916
Reference
5
Extent and medium
2 pp; Manuscript
Scope and content
The note reads: ‘Dear Mother, we had to surrender so we march to Phoneix [sic] Park, don’t forget to pray us’. A partially decipherable name and address is given on the reverse: ‘Matthew [ ], 12 Great Longford St, Dublin, off Aungier St.’ The item was found within an envelope annotated: ‘Farewell letter to His mother of a soldier of the I.R.A. who fought for Ireland in the Rising of Easter Week, 1916’.
Location of originals
Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) at https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/x346fb230
Repository
Irish Capuchin Archives
Context
Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > The Papers of Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. > 1916 Rising

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435 Dear Mother we have to surrender as we march to Ohoneiz Park don't forget to pray for