Council to ask for return of 1916 surrender letter

DUBLIN City Council is to write to the British government calling for the return of a surrender letter 1916 leader Padraig Pearse handed to a British army general after the Easter Rising.

Sinn Féin councillor Christy Burke is demanding the return of the handwritten document given to General WHM Lowe after Pearse agreed to an unconditional surrender on April 29, 1916.

He also wants an all-party Dublin City Council delegation to go to the British National Archives to check for more 1916 artefacts. Last night Cllr Burke said he was very pleased his motion at the council meeting was moved without objections, allowing for a letter to be sent to the British Ministry of Defence.