To the men & women of 1916 in that week of proud memory: Ireland remembers you goo.gl/vOVL4O #Ireland2016

Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (30 Dec 1880 Malta-26 May 1944 #Dublin). Suffragist. Inghinidhe na hÉireann then C na mB. Rising, lieutenant in ICA; St Stephen's Green & Royal College of Surgeons garrison. With Kathleen Lynn, set up St Ultan's Children's Hospital en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madele…

1916 Survivors’ Medal Awarded to veterans of the Rising, 1916 Survivors’ Medal carried the image of a dying Cú Chulainn, tying the rebellion directly to symbolism that inspired a generation. The hero, now more than myth, represents defiance even in the face of certain death.

Margaret Pearse & boys of St Enda’s School. After the executions in 1916, Margaret Pearse & her daughter Margaret Mary fought to preserve the vision of Scoil Éanna & its distinct Irish education. The school closed in 1935 & today survives as the Pearse Museum & St Enda’s Park.

Below Sheppard’s Cú Chulainn in the GPO stands the Proclamation of the Irish Republic with the names of the seven signatories. Something deeply poetic in that choice. A statue born from the Celtic Revival’s fascination with myth, sacrifice and heroic memory would later become...

Ptolemy map of Ireland 140ad,one of the earliest recordings of peoples n places .One thing to note is the two Eamhain(twins) Mhacha n Ablach(aboundin in apples/Avalon)Eblana is derived from the same root word aballa an apple.These are the tribes of Ireland that match his names.

Scoil Éanna Pearse believed the British education system to be an industrial “Murder Machine” designed to produce obedient workers & servants of Empire. He sought to create something different, using Irish mythology, poetry, language to shape a new generation of Irish identity.

The Pearse Brothers In conversation before the Easter Rising. Teacher, poet and revolutionary leader Patrick Pearse stood alongside his younger brother Willie, an artist and sculptor trained under Oliver Sheppard. Both would be executed at Kilmainham Gaol in May 1916.

St. Enda's College, Rathfarnham The Passion Play, Easter 1911. Postcard shows Willie Pearse as Pilate in Passion play featuring students from Saint Enda's & Saint Ita's school. The play was produced at the Abbey Theatre in Holy Week 1911. Good demo of a teaching style in action.

Constance Markievicz Leading figure, moved within artistic world of Irish Literary Revival & the Abbey Theatre. Like many of her generation, the Celtic Revival helped shape her belief in a distinct Irish identity rooted in culture, folklore & national self-determination.

Hurlers at St Enda’s Physical activity & Irish sport were central to life at Scoil Éanna. Patrick Pearse believed education should develop not only the mind, but also character, discipline, confidence and a strong sense of Irish identity.

Pearse as Teacher Through Scoil Éanna, he sought to create distinctly Irish education rooted in mythology, history, poetry & national identity. Figures such as Cú Chulainn became central to his teaching philosophy, symbolising courage, sacrifice and idea of a heroic Irish past.

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The Daly Family, 1901 Remarkable portrait of the Daly siblings before revolution reshaped their lives & Ireland. Deeply woven into Irish history. Kathleen Daly would marry Tom Clarke, while her brother Ned Daly would command the Four Courts garrison during the Easter Rising.

Prisoners at the Frongoch interment camp. 📷 National Museum of Ireland

Moore Street Immediately after the Rising 📷 National Museum of Ireland

Casement to the Gallows Roger Casement under guard in London before his execution in 1916. Once celebrated internationally for exposing atrocities in the Congo & Peru, he was convicted of treason for his role in seeking German support for the Easter Rising. 📷 Hulton Archive

Wales’ success in keeping Welsh alive is genuinely impressive and worth emulating

His barrister (below) was the Unionist MP James Chambers KC, who died the following year, shortly after his appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland. Chambers' obituary in the Dublin Daily Express described him as "perhaps the most popular member of the Law Library... most approachable, and a diffident junior could always count on his advice and assistance in a matter of legal difficulty... His political opponents ever recognised his courtesy and conscientious fairness, toleration, and conspicuously straightforward methods of argument."

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