James Connolly at the GPO: the clothing of the commandant general

On the morning of Easter Monday, 24 April 1916, members of the Irish Citizen Army and the Irish Volunteers gathered at Liberty Hall. Though these were separate organisations, James Connolly, the leader of the Citizen Army, had come to an agreement with the military council of the IRB to mount a rebellion jointly with the ... Read more

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