Name: Easter 1916
Uploaded: 2020-10-30T06:54:12.000Z
Description: A series telling the stories behind the seven signatories of the 1916 Easter Proclamation.

A series telling the stories behind the seven signatories of the 1916 Easter Proclamation.

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Tom Clarke tobacconist and shopkeeper was without doubt the father of the 1916 Easter Rising. This old Fenians steely determination and resolve ensured that the Rising happened but it's success or failure would depend on many other factors.

Tom Clarke

Connolly was a tireless advocate for the working class poor of the world and his position within the inner circle of planners for the Easter rising ensured that the poor had a voice at the table.

James Connolly

Joe Plunkett, poet , writer and dreamer was the baby of the revolution. Rising form his sick bed to take part in the Easter rising Plunkett was executed on May 4th but not before he married his love Grace Gifford in Kilmainham jail just hours before.

Joseph Plunkett

The life of Patrick Henry Pearse, who read the Proclamation on the GPO steps on Easter Monday.

Easter 1916

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