“In order to prevent the further slaughter of Dublin citizens, and in the hope of saving the lives of our followers, now surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered, the members of the Provisional Governments present at Head Quarters have agreed to an unconditional surrender…”
Signed and dated Dublin, April 29, 1916, 3.45pm, by Patrick Pearse, the schoolmaster who was one of the principal leaders of the Easter Rising, this key document in modern Irish history sold for £215,000 at Bonhams (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on June 14.