Letter from Patrick Pearse to Nell Humphreys, June 1912

Letter from Patrick Pearse at St. Enda's school to Nell Humphreys about her son Dick.

St. Enda's College,
Rathfarnham.

30th June 1912.

Dear Mrs. Humphreys,

I am enclosing report on Dick and also a/c for sundries incurred since last a/c. I should be very grateful for cheque as I am anxious to square our own traders' bills and wind up the year's work generally before going away for a short holiday.

I hope we may count on welcoming Dick back to St. Enda's in September? His last word to me was not to fail to write to you on this point. We have threshed out the matter at length before, so there is no use in bothering you with further arguments, but I do most sincerely hope that you have decided to leave him with us until he has completed his secondary course and is ready for the University.

Sincerely yours

P.H. Pearse

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St. Enda's, The Hermitage, Rathfarnham, where Dick was at school 1910-12 (age 14-16).
Photo 2005 by Dave Addey. Public domain image from here.

St. Enda's.
Image courtesy of Cork Multitext Project, UCC (see here). Used with permission.

St. Enda's, Junior Football Team, Holders of Dublin Schools Cup, 1910-11. Photo 1911.
In back row is Dick ("R. MacAmhlaoibh"), age 15.
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Dick, age 15, 1911. Detail from above.
Note the legend has 7 in back row, 6 in middle, 2 at front.

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