Recollections of the 1916 Rising by Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap.
Statement by Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap., ‘Franciscan Monastery, Rochestown, County Cork, formerly of the Priory, Church Street, Dublin’, referring to the hostilities during Easter Week, 1916. The record (which is incomplete) is a copy of the statement made by Fr. Augustine to the Bureau of Military History (held in the Irish Military Archives). The statement concludes on Monday, 8 May 1916, before the executions of Michael Mallin, Seán Heuston, Con Colbert and Éamonn Ceannt.
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- c.1954
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- 1
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- 29 pp; Typescript
- Scope and content
- Statement by Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap., ‘Franciscan Monastery, Rochestown, County Cork, formerly of the Priory, Church Street, Dublin’, referring to the hostilities during Easter Week, 1916. The record (which is incomplete) is a copy of the statement made by Fr. Augustine to the Bureau of Military History (held in the Irish Military Archives). The statement concludes on Monday, 8 May 1916, before the executions of Michael Mallin, Seán Heuston, Con Colbert and Éamonn Ceannt.
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- Irish Capuchin Archives
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- Irish Capuchin Archives > Capuchin Papers relating to the Irish Revolution > The Papers of Fr. Augustine Hayden OFM Cap
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A.P.M's Office, Curragh Camp, Co. KILDARE. 13th February, 1954. Lt.-Colonel J.M. MacCarthy, Bureau of Military History. I have this day authenticated the manuscript account of his Easter Week experiences handed me by V. Rev. Fr. Augustine, O.F.M. Cap., and which is being placed in the archives of the Bureau of Military History. The typescript copies of that manuscript faithfully reproduce the original which owing to the age, illness and, later, the death of Fr. Augustine remained uncompleted and unsigned. I am satisfied that this account represents the testimony Fr. Augustine desired to give in relation to the period he was able to cover therein. Fair. J. MacNally. (Patrick J. MacNally) Comdt.
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A.P.M.'s Office, Collins Barracks, Cork. 5th December, 1949. A Chara, I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 25th ult., ref. S.297, with enclosures for Father Augustine, O.F.M., Cap. Father Augustine informs me that the Bureau may retain his unfinished manuscript account of the Easter Week period, but I am holding it for the present, as he might wish to consult it as he peruses the typescript copy. Best wishes. In mise, Park J. MacNally Condt. Patrick J. MacNally. Secretary, Bureau of Military History, 26, Westland Row, Dublin. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY 1913-21 BURO STAIRE MILEATA 1913-21 No. W.S. 920
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