1916 Easter Rising
On this day: Easter Rising leaders Seán MacDiarmada and James Connolly executed
On This Day: 1916 Easter Rising leader Thomas Kent executed
On This Day: 1916 leader Éamonn Ceannt was executed in Kilmainham Gaol
On This Day: Easter Rising leader Michael Mallin was executed
On This Day: Easter Rising leader John MacBride executed in 1916
On This Day: Edward Daly, the Easter Rising leader was executed
On This Day: Easter Rising leader Joseph Mary Plunkett was executed
On This Day: William Pearse, Easter Rising rebel, was executed
On This Day: Tom Clarke, Easter Rising leader, was executed
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