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pass / Erin go Bragh! / Sheares Brothers
Sheares Brothers (John and Henry). Paper pass held by one of the brothers about 1803. Pink paper on which is hand-written ERIN GO BRAGH! in ink. With it, and referring to it a note as follows: REBEL PASS. TAKEN OUT OF COUNCELLOR SHEARE'S POCKET BOOK (BEFORE HIS EXECUTION IN DUBLIN, 1803) (sic) BY...
photograph / John Sheares's Last Letter
Photographic copy of the last letter of John Sheares, Kilmainham, July 1798.
last letter / John Sheares, 1798
Letter written by John Sheares, dated Kilmainham Prison July 10th 1798, addresed to 'my ever dear Julia' and 'a beloved and affectionate Family', mentions his brothers, Robert, Richard and Christopher whom he will shortly join. The trial is stated to be the day after the next. Also mentioned is...