Original sentence: Curiously, a posthumous story was uncovered claiming that Pearse had had a love affair with a young woman, Eileen Nicholls (Eibhlín Nic Niocaill), eventually leading to an engagement.However, no evidence exists of anything other than a friendship between the two.In the case of Pearse it was claimed that his heart was broken when this young woman drowned; as a result, he avoided any romantic attachments.Little is known about his private life, but there has been much speculation.No evidence has been produced that Pearse ever engaged in either heterosexual or homosexual acts.Patrick Pearse and Homosexual Panic - Academic paper by Joseph Nugent.Some of his poetry, and his apparent lack of any romantic involvement with women throughout his life, has led to presumptions that he was homosexual, a rumour that existed within his own lifetime, where his bachelor status, and lack of relationships with women, was noted.The question of whether Pearse was a homosexual remains controversial, and relies largely upon inferences drawn from the absence of female attachments during his life.The woman named as Pearse's lover did exist
Edited sentence: br:Padraig Pearse