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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are indebted to Brian Crowley, curator of the Pearse Museum, St Enda’s, Rathfarnham, who has been very generous with his knowledge and time and provided access to important collections associated with the Pearse family at Kilmainham Gaol (OPW). We would also like to thank him for granting permission to publish material and reproduce images.

Further, we would like to acknowledge the assistance of Sr Alice Aylward of the Holy Faith Sisters Congregational Archives, Glasnevin, Dublin; Brian Kirby, provincial archivist with the Irish Capuchin Provincial Archives; Fr Brian Mulcahy, archivist of the Passionist Community, Mount Argus, Dublin; Sr Marian Bradley, Sr Brenda Thompson and Sr Rose Miriam Gansle of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, Texas, USA; Fr Joseph Mallin, Wah Yan Jesuit College, Hong Kong and the McGloughlin and Scarlett families.

Librarians and archivists at the following institutions provided invaluable information for our research: the Central Catholic Library, the National Archives of Ireland, the National Library of Ireland, Pearse Street Library, University College Dublin (Special Collections) and Trinity College, Dublin Library. The witness statements of the Bureau of Military History, an online initiative of the Military Archives and National Archives, also provided important information for our research.

We wish to thank Conor Graham, Fiona Dunne and their colleagues at Merrion Press/Irish Academic Press for all their assistance in the preparation of this book. To our supporting and loving families, Barry, Jon, Kevin, Claire, Maria, Cecilia, Kevin and Isabella, we thank you for your patience and encouragement. Finally, we are indebted to our parents, Terrie and Michael, for their unconditional support and for fostering in us a love of Irish history and culture. This book is dedicated to both of you.

Teresa and Mary Louise O’Donnell

January 2017