tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post7239381854257514051..comments2024-03-25T20:17:29.106+00:00Comments on Careful With That Axe, Eugene: Patrick Pearse - A Rare Photograph?Dr Eugene O'Loughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12862889013218798392noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-2081011047101317552010-01-31T11:18:52.189+00:002010-01-31T11:18:52.189+00:00Many thanks for your comment - we'll be sure t...Many thanks for your comment - we'll be sure to look it up. Since I published the post on May 3rd 2008 there is renewed interest withing Eileen Ryan's family in her. For example, we now know that Eileen was a lodger in the Pearse's house - hence the connection.Dr Eugene O'Loughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862889013218798392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-78434747583579687202010-01-30T22:35:48.811+00:002010-01-30T22:35:48.811+00:00I believe I have seen that photograph in this coll...I believe I have seen that photograph in this collection, but I cannot be certain. <a href="http://www.nli.ie/xestorefrontweb/detail.aspx?ID=196" rel="nofollow">http://www.nli.ie/xestorefrontweb/detail.aspx?ID=196</a><br />Maybe the National Library of Ireland can tell you more. <br /><br />Martyrdom may have come into Pearse's notions about warfare (fellow 1916 leader called him a "blithering idiot") but it had nothing to do with his or the other leaders' rationale for the 1916 Rising. They knew perfectly well that an ill-equipped body of Volunteer soldiers could not reasonably expect victory in the long-term. Their aim was to awaken a national resistance to British rule in Ireland, which is exactly what occured.Tara Foundationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06745112591010613380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-63662605196857370012009-01-12T12:41:00.000+00:002009-01-12T12:41:00.000+00:00Thanks for comment...I don't know what Pearse woul...Thanks for comment...<BR/><BR/>I don't know what Pearse would have achieved in America - he failed at practically everything he did (martyrdom). See Ruth Dudley Edwards's book "The Triumph of Failure".Dr Eugene O'Loughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862889013218798392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506803982752146525.post-40434950910769215802009-01-10T02:51:00.000+00:002009-01-10T02:51:00.000+00:00Rare, still... to live twice. my grandfather was P...Rare, still... to live twice. my grandfather was Patrick H Pearce. The story goes, Cwas an S and pearce was given to history while the man and his son was given a new life. There are oddly many stories out there. I know what family has told. But as I dig deeper into the trueth of these stories.. I am chilled by the uncommon simularities of both named men. So, my comment is this. If patrick pearse had lived and moved to the US. And such a thing could be proven...What effect would it cause and who would hurt from it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com