Peter Moloney Collection

In addition to the seven signatories of the Proclamation of an Irish Republic, nine other leaders of the Easter Rising were executed in the wake of the rebellion. The portraits of all 16 are part of this new mural (on boards) of Walter Paget’s painting The Birth Of The Irish Republic. (For Paget’s painting, see the painting’s Visual History page.) In order of appearance, the 16 (with links to their WP pages) are …

             (Left-hand side)

1. John MacBride
2. Roger Casement
3. Thomas MacDonagh
4. Éamonn Ceannt
5. Thomas Kent
6. Con Colbert
7. Michael Mallin
8. Edward Daly
9. Michael O’Hanrahan
10. Willie Pearse
11. Seán Heuston
    (Right-hand side)
12. James Connolly
13. Joseph Plunkett
14. Patrick Pearse
15. Tom Clarke 
16. Seán Mac Diarmada

In Lake Glen Drive, on the side of the Felons’ Club, west Belfast.

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