This photo was found in a box in the attic of the Curran family in Dublin and records a gathering of historical significance. The Irish Times reports that half of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation and three future presidents of the future state are in the photograph.The paper says that Pádraig Pearse, Seán Mac Diarmada, Éamonn Ceannt, Douglas Hyde, Seán T O’Kelly, Éamon de Valera, Pádraic Ó Conaire and Constance Markievicz are among the group.
The family first thought it was taken at the Gaelic League Oireachtas in 1914 and they searched for a match for the building in Kerry. When research confirmed that it was taken in Galway in 1913, they decided to mark the centenary by presenting a print to the theatre.
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