A surrender note written by Padraig Pearse in prison in 1916 was sold for €700,000 at an auction in Dublin last night.
The letter is dated 30 April 1916, a day after the leaders of the Rising surrendered.
The letter, which had been guiding between €50,000 and €80,000, had attracted huge international interest and was bought by a so-far anonymous telephone bidder believed to be from Europe.
