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Easter Rising leaders executions began May 3, 1916

On May 3, 1916, the first of the executions were held for the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. Padraig Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, and Thomas Clarke were executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Jail.

Arbour Hill, Dublin's forgotten 1916 Easter Rising memorial

After the Guinness Brewery, perhaps the most visited Dublin tourist attraction is Kilmainham Gaol, where 14 of the 16 Irish rebels of 1916 were executed. What is not discussed much is the burial place of the fourteen rebels at Arbour Hill across the Liffey River.

Ireland 1916 Easter Rising: facts, figures and key moments

Author Dermot McEvoy outlines the key facts, most important historical figures, and events surrounding the 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland.

New York: A Home Away from Home For Irish Fenians

When Irish exiles needed a refuge, they swarmed to New York and established a hotbed of anti-British sentiment and activity that fed the flames of Irish freedom. The Great Famine in the 1840s forced millions of Irish out of Ireland, initially flooding the big cities of the east coast of America, especially New York and

How the 1916 Rising cost €200m in compensation claims