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Pages in category "Executed participants in the Easter Rising" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Interned for participating in 1916 Easter Rising Diarmuid Lynch: Sinn Féin: 1918: 1921: 1916–17 Pentonville: Interned for participating in 1916 Easter Rising Sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment because of his U.S. citizenship Pierce McCan: Sinn Féin: 1918: Mar 1919 1916–17 Reading Interned for participating in 1916 Easter Rising
The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.
Thomas Kent (Irish: Tomás Ceannt; 29 August 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist who was court-martialled and executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 9 May 1916, in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.
Easter Rising Michael O'Hanrahan ( Irish : Mícheál Ó hAnnracháin ; 16 January 1877 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish rebel who was executed for his active role in the 1916 Easter Rising . Background
He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and Commandant of the 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, which fought in Jacob's biscuit factory. He was executed for his part in the Rising at the age of thirty-eight.
Executed participants in the Easter Rising (17 P) Pages in category "People of the Easter Rising" The following 134 pages are in this category, out of 134 total.
Clarke was arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising. A proponent of armed struggle against British rule in Ireland for most of his life, Clarke spent 15 years in English prisons prior to his role in the Easter Rising and was executed by firing squad after it was defeated.