Pearse’s final death cell letter set to fetch €100,000

HOURS before his execution, 1916 leader Padraig Pearse gave final instructions about his business and personal affairs.

The letter has never been seen in public before. Being sold by a private individual, it is one of three letters handwritten and signed by the patriot from his condemned cell. It could fetch up to €100,000 when it comes under the hammer at Adam’s and Mealy’s major sale in Dublin later this month.

The letter is among 600 important Irish historical and political artefacts relating to the Independence struggle being auctioned on April 17.