May 4, marks the death of 1916 Easter Rising Leader Micheál O’Hanrahan, among the 15 men court-marshaled by the British for their role in the Rising's organization and operation. The Easter Rising, the rebellion which took place over the course of five days in Dublin in 1916.
On that fateful March 25, 1911, when 146 people lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire changing working conditions in New York forever, those who rushed to help and save the factory workers were largely Irish, writes Dermot McEvoy.
George Brent, an Easter Rising Irish rebel turned Hollywood star, was born on this day in 1904. Born George Brendan Nolan, this Irishman was a doppelganger of Michael Collins. He went on to enjoy a Hollywood career after Ireland's Easter Rising.