Patrick Pearse
Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916 · Activists · Lived 1879 to 1916 · aged 36
Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with fifteen others, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.
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27 Pearse Street, birthplace of Patrick and Willie Pearse
St. Enda's, now the Pearse Museum
Pearse (in uniform centre-right) at the funeral of O'Donovan Rossa at which he gave a graveside oration.
Proclamation of the Irish Republic, read by Pearse outside the GPO at the start of the Easter Rising
Bust of Pearse in Tralee, County KerryAwards
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Activists
Type
Activist
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Deceased
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Lived 1879 to 1916 · aged 36
