On This Day: Easter Rising leader Thomas Clarke was executed
On This Day: Easter Rising leader Thomas Clarke was executed On This Day: Easter Rising leader Thomas Clarke was executed The moments that defined Thomas Clarke's life and why he is such an important figure in Irish history Facebook Comments Thomas Clarke, a key member of the Irish revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. was among the rebel leaders executed on May 3, 1916. Thomas J. Clarke was born in 1858 on the Isle of Wight but grew up in County Tyrone. At age 20 he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and his career as an indefatigable Irish revolutionary ...
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