He was an accomplished piper and athlete with a keen interest in all things Gaelic and cultural
Joseph Plunkett was executed on May 4th 1916, with William Pearse, Edward Daly and Michael O’Hanrahan, for their role in the Easter Rising
Thomas MacDonagh was born in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary, to Joseph McDonagh, a schoolmaster, and Mary Parker.
The story of Roger Casement’s landing and capture at Banna Strand in Kerry as he attempted to bring arms ashore for the 1916 Rising, is commemorated in the famed ballad Banna Strand.
Thomas Clarke was born in Hampshire in the UK to Irish parents.
Thomas MacDonagh was born in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary, to Joseph McDonagh, a schoolmaster, and Mary Parker.
Thomas Ashe trained as a teacher and worked as a school principal in Lusk, Co. Dublin.
Following the surrender Plunkett was held in Kilmainham Gaol, and faced a court martial.
Willie was very devoted to Pádraig and the brothers had a very close relationship.
There is a reason we have a standing joke in this country about everybody having had an ancestor in the GPO, and it is precisely because so few of us had.
HQ for the Easter Rising
He was an accomplished piper and athlete with a keen interest in all things Gaelic and cultural