On 29th April 1916 Michael Joseph O’Rahilly, ‘The O’Rahilly’ (an Ua Rathghaille) died. He was a republican who took part in the Easter Rising. He was killed in a charge on a British machine gun post covering the retreat from the Dublin GPO during the fighting.

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On 29th April 1916 Pádraig Pearse ordered the surrender of the rebels bringing to an end the Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca). Approximately 64 rebels, 132 crown forces, and 230 civilians had been killed. 2,500 people had been wounded and the centre of Dublin had been devastated by the shelling.

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