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On this day in 1915, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa was laid to rest in Dublin, igniting a revolution

The old Fenian's funeral at Glasnevin Cemetery, complete with Patrick Pearse's fiery graveside oration, is remembered as the unofficial launch of the Easter Rising.

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