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Easter Rising 1916
Final part of our Three Part:
Brief History of the Easter Rising
The fateful events, the spark for Irish Resistance and Liberty
of Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, will live on in the
hearts of the Irish and the Pan Irish Diaspora for all time.
As we mentioned last week; the signers of the
IRISH
PROCLAMATION were all killed in the Rebellion or
captured and executed.
The signers were:
Thomas J. Clarke, Sean Mac Diarmada, Thomas MacDonagh,
Patrick Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, James Connolly,
and Joseph Plunkett.
All of the patriots died heroically;
James Connolly who was considered the leader, had been wounded
in the Rebellion and captured. After a quick show trial he was tied to
a chair
so he could be upright when he was shot.
All of the signers were members of the Irish Military Council which
had planned the Easter Rising of 1916.The honor of signing first
was given to the oldest and most tested member of the group,
Thomas J. Clarke.At the age of 18, Clarke had joined the
Irish Republican Brotherhood. He was born in 1857 and had
served fifteen years in prison for his revolutionary activities.
Clarke fought at the GPO and was taken into custody after the
surrender on April 29. Clarke was held in Kilmainham Gaol
(then known as the NEW JAIL) until his execution by
firing squad on May 3.
Thomas MacDonagh,
had surrendered and he regretted
that he had not fought on to the
death or escaped. He wrote from
his cell in the last hours of his
life to surviving members of his
regiment that they
should always try to escape and never surrender
in future
battles so that they might live to fight another day.
Padraig
(Patrick) Pearse who read
the Irish Proclamation
aloud to a small crowd when the Irish Rebels
were briefly
in control of the General Post Office died fighting at the GPO
during the British counterattack.
Sean Mac Diarmada (McDermott) is perhaps the least well known
of the signers. He was a great man and a credit to the Irish Race. MacDiarmada was born on February 28, 1883 in Kityclogher in
County Leitrim near the Donegal border, a monument stands there
in his memory. In Belfast, he joined the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH). He rose quickly through the myriad groups dedicated to Irish Nationalism and finally in 1910 to a position as managing editor of the newspaper "Irish Freedom"
He had met Thomas Clarke in 1908 in Dublin and the two worked
together for "THE CAUSE" till the end of their days.
He was captured at his station at the GPO on April 29 and after a
court-martial on May 9, Mac Diarmada was executed by firing squad
on May 12, 1916 at the age of 33.
Eamonn Ceannt, was born Edward Kent in Galway in 1881.
At a young age, his family moved to Dublin where he joined the
Gaelic League. After joining the Irish Republican Brotherhood
in 1913, he quickly rose to a position of authority. As one of the
ounders of the Military Committee, he was on Secret British Lists
and was considered a threat. He was briefly held at the New Jail
after his capture at the South Dublin Union. He saw and
was responsible for some of the fiercest resistance and fighting
in the Rebellion but he followed order and surrendered when
ordered to do so. He was executed on May 8 in Kilmainham.
Joseph Plunkett was an Irish Rebel. Mystic and a poet.
He was a devout Catholic and his deep faith was (and still is)
an inspiration to many and to the
justness of the Irish cause for freedom.
Plunkett was born in Dublin and educated at Belvedere College
and Stonyhurst College. He was editor of the Irish Reviewand a
co-founder of the Irish Theatre in Dublin. Plunkett was a close
friend to both Thomas MacDonagh and Padraic Pearse,
also noted Irish poets.
He was captured and held by the British army in the Richmond
Barracks. In the morning of May 4, just before his execution
in the courtyard of Kilmainham jail, he married his longtime fiance,
Grace Gifford. Plunkett was 28.
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The Magdalene Sisters: a free screening presented by
the Irish Studies Program, the School of Film and Television,
and the Los Angeles Irish Film Festival
Mayer Theater, Communication Arts Building,
Loyola Marymount University
Admission: FREE and Open to the Public
The Magdalene Sisters is a thought provoking and disturbing
film about four young women who, under tragic circumstances
see themselves cast away to a Magdalene Convent Laundry;
a home for supposedly "fallen"women. Their sinful behavior?
Crispina and Rose have each given birth to a child out of wedlock, Margaret was raped by her cousin, and Bernadette was repeatedly caught flirting with boys. All of them must work in the laundry
under the strict supervision of the nuns, who attempt to break
their wills through sadistic punishments. Nevertheless,
some of the inmates develop countermeasures, even while others perish. As several of the girls slowly bond together, it becomes
clear that the only way out is to escape, but with the malevolent Sister Bridget in charge, the chance of escape seems limited,
to say the least.
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Saturday, April 24,
4:00pm
Southern California Irish Business Network
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Network and Social Gathering of the
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The group is a great way to meet with
friends and associates who have a common
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AILDT, the Aisling Troupe is a group dedicated to preserving the Irish Language.
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Saturday, May 8
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