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Thomas MacDonagh

Irish nationalist, poet, playwright and revolutionary (1878-1916) · Writers · Died at 38

Thomas Stanislaus MacDonagh was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and revolutionary leader.

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He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic and Commandant of the 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, which fought in Jacob's biscuit factory. He was executed for his part in the Rising at the age of thirty-eight.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1916 · aged 38