Born in Cloughjordan in Co. Tipperary, MacDonagh was a poet and
playwright, an educator and political activist. Appointed to the
IRB Military Council he became a member of the Provisional
Government of the Irish Republic and was a signatory of the 1916
Easter proclamation. During the Rising MacDonagh was commandant of
the 2nd Battalion of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers and
occupied the Jacobs Biscuit factory garrison. Following an
inspiring speech at his Court Marshal he was executed on 3 May 1916
at Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin. In this meticulously researched
biography Shane Kenna places this remarkable man within the great
pantheon of Irish Republican heroes. He provides a riveting
reconstruction of the life of a man whose death played such a key
part in the shaping of modern Ireland. 'an epic new series of
books' - RTE Guide on 16Lives
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