17 - ‘Memories of Easter Week, 1916 by Rev. Father Aloysius, OFM Cap.’

17

‘Memories of Easter Week, 1916 by Rev. Father Aloysius, OFM Cap.’

28 pp; Typescript

Recollections by Fr. Aloysius Travers OFM Cap. of the fighting of Easter Week, the surrender of the rebel forces and subsequent execution of their leaders. He provides an eye-witness account of the executions in Kilmainham Jail most notably that of James Connolly. The typescript copies are incomplete: 17 pp + 11 pp. With an undated typescript copy of ‘Connolly’s death speech’ taken from the 'Gaelic American'.

Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) at https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/x346fb35s

ISAD(G) 2nd edition