1916 Easter Rising Leader Thomas MacDonagh, who was born on this day (February 1) in 1878, was executed on May 3, 1916 at the age of 38. Below, Dermot McEvoy takes an in-depth look at the life of ...

Thomas MacDonagh was born 1 February 1878 in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, to parents who were both National School teachers. MacDonagh was educated at Rockwell College, Cashel, where he would ...

and their factory was seized on Easter Monday by perhaps 100 members of the 2nd Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers under Thomas MacDonagh. The factory itself was an enormous ...