The PM Press edition of Connolly's Songs of Freedom is an exact facsimile of the original on deposit in the National Library of Ireland, including corrections in William O'Brien's hand, and highly recommended.
On this day in 1916 James Connolly was executed by firing squad for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916, an armed insurrection launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland. Approximately 1,600 rebels seized strategic locations all over Dublin.