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A paid cheque made out to Tomás Mac Donnchadha [Thomas MacDonagh] for £6-2-6d., dated 26 [April 1909],
drawn on the school A/C at Hibernian Bank, signed at front, countersigned at rear by MacDonagh, a fine bold signa-
ture in Irish. Part torn away at right losing revenue stamp, most of issue date and part of Pearse’s signature.
* Pearse and MacDonagh were colleagues at St. Enda’s, and joint signatories of the 1916 Proclamation. Pearse was
in the GPO during the Rising, as President of the Irish Republic; MacDonagh was in command at Jacob’s Factory.
They were court-martialled and shot on 3 May. Presumably this cheque relates to MacDonagh’s school salary.
€ 1,000 - 1,500