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To commemorate the anniversary of the Easter Rising, writer and historian Dermot ... a great capture last Sunday week – a fellow named McDermott,” Clarke writes. “He is one of those ...
A small militant faction of the Irish Volunteers would go on to fight in the Easter Rising ... on the merits of a rising, a radical faction led by Tom Clarke and Sean MacDermott established ...
Editor's Note: The 1916 Easter Rising took place over the course of five days in Dublin and forever changed the course of Irish history. Writer and historian Dermot McEvoy produced 16 profiles of ...
The great grandson of James Connolly, a leading figure in the 1916 Easter Rising ... at the Battle of the Boyne. Kay McDermott, grand niece of the leader Sean MacDiarmada, lives in West Belfast ...
During the Rising Min and Phyllis acted as couriers to the GPO garrison. In July 1916 Min Ryan wrote about her last visit to the man with whom she had been romantically involved for less than a year.