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MacNeill’s bid to call off Rising fetches €30k at auction
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Almost like the event itself, it nearly didn’t happen, but a private collector has paid €30,000 for a letter in which Irish Volunteers commander Eoin MacNeill tried to call off the 1916 Rising.

Wed, 16 Apr, 2014

MacNeill’s last-minute bid to call off Easter Rising to go under the hammer

A short letter whose 11 words helped change the course of Irish history is to be sold almost 98 years after it severely curtailed the Easter Rising.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2014

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