Seán Mac Diarmada Military person

Seán Mac Diarmada (English: John MacDermott; 28 February 1883 – 12 May 1916), also known as Seán MacDermott, was an Irish political activist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, which he helped to organise as a member of the Military Committee of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and was a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. He was executed for his part in the Rising at the age of thirty-three.Raised in rural County Leitrim, he was a member of many associations which promoted the cause of the Irish language, Gaelic revival and Irish nationalism in general, including the Gaelic League and (early in his career) the Catholic fraternity the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He was national organiser for Sinn Féin, and later manager of the newspaper Irish Freedom, started in 1910 by Bulmer Hobson and others. Within the Irish Republican Brotherhood, he was a close colleague and friend of veteran republican Tom Clarke.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)John MacDermott
Birth dateFebruary 28, 1883
Birth place
County Leitrim , Kiltyclogher
Date of deathMay 12, 1916
Place of death
Dublin , Kilmainham Gaol

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Military person

allegiance
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Irish Volunteers
military operations
Easter Rising
service start1913
service end1916

Topical connections

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Seán Mac Diarmada on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000075502