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Before execution, he asked his wife Kathleen to give this message:
‘I and my fellow signatories believe we have struck the first successful blow for Irish freedom. The next
blow, which we have no doubt Ireland will strike, will win through. In this belief, we die happy.’
His widow Kathleen was elected a TD in the First and Second Dála, notably speaking against the An-
glo-Irish Treaty. She was presented with her husband’s medal by President Douglas Hyde on the 25th Anni-
versary of the Rising in 1941.
Estimate €80000-€120000 £62400-£93600
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 197