Author:Patrick Henry Pearse

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Patrick Henry Pearse (1879–1916)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery, quotes. (Pádraig Pearse; Irish: Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais) orator, teacher, barrister, poet, writer, separatist nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following the collapse of the Rising, Pearse along with his brother and fourteen other leaders, were executed by firing squad. Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.

Patrick Henry Pearse

Works

• New York Speech 1914
• The funeral oration of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, 1 August 1915
• Stop Press! Statement, 25 April, 1916
• Manifesto to the Citizens of Dublin, 25 April, 1916
• The Order for Surrender, 29 April, 1916
• Patrick Pearse’ Letter to his Mother, 1 May, 1916

Poems

• The Rebel
• To My Mother
• A mother speaks
• To my brother‎

Translations

• Róisín Dubh

About

• Douglas Hyde, “Pearse, Patrick Henry,” Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.), 1922.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.