Sean MacDermott (February 28, 1883 – May 12, 1916) was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (867x1179, 958 KB)Irish Stamp, Sean MacDiarmada File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca) was a militarily unsuccessful rebellion staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday in April 1916. ...

He was born John MacDermott in County Leitrim in 1883, though later in life he adopted the Irish form of his name: Sean MacDiarmada¹. In 1908 he moved to Dublin, by which time he already had a long involvement in several Irish separatist organizations and cultural, including Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), and the Gaelic League in Belfast. He was soon promoted to the Supreme Council of the IRB and eventually elected secretary. County Leitrim (Irish: Contae Liatroma) is one of the counties of the island of Ireland and of the Republic of Ireland and is part of the province of Connacht, in the west of the island. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ... The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) played an important role in the history of Ireland. ... Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) is an organization for the purpose of keeping the Irish language spoken in Ireland. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom, and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland. ...

In 1910 he became manager of the radical newspaper "Irish Freedom," which he founded along with Bulmer Hobson and Denis McCullough. He also became a national organizer for the IRB, and was taken under the wing of veteran Fenian Tom Clarke. Indeed over the year the two became nearly inseparable. Shortly thereafter MacDermott was stricken with polio and forced to walk with a cane. Bulmer Hobson (1882 - 1969) was a leading member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) before the Easter Rising in 1916. ... Denis McCullough (1883 - 1968) was a prominent Irish rebel in the early 20th century. ... Fenian is a term used since the 1860s for an Irish nationalist who espouses or is perceived to espouse violence against British rule, usually by people opposed to their aims. ... Thomas James Clarke (March 11, 1857-May 3, 1916) was an Irish revolutionary leader and was perhaps the man most responsible for the Easter Rising of 1916. ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ...

In November 1913 MacDermott was one of the original members of the Irish Volunteers, and continued to work effortlessly to bring that organization under IRB control. In May 1915 MacDermott was arrested in Tuam, County Galway, under the Defense of the Realm Act for giving a speech against enlisting into the British Army. He was released in September, where upon he joined the secret Military Committee of the IRB, which was responsible for planning the rising. Indeed it was MacDermott and Clarke who were most responsible for it. Irish Volunteers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Tuam (Tuaim in Irish) is a small town in County Galway in the Republic of Ireland. ... County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe in Irish) is located on the west coast of Ireland. ... The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was passed in the United Kingdom on 8th August 1914, during the early weeks of World War I. It gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war period, such as censorship and the power to requisition buildings or land needed for the... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

Being somewhat crippled, MacDermott took little part in the fighting of Easter week, but was stationed at the headquarters in the General Post Office. Following the surrender, he nearly escaped execution by blending in with the large body of prisoners, but was eventually recognized and summarily executed by firing squad on May 12 at the age of 33. The British Officer Lee-Wilson who identified him at the GPO was later killed on the orders of Michael Collins (Irish leader) during the Anglo-Irish War) The General Post Office (GPO) (Irish: Árd Oifig an Phoist), designed by Francis Johnson, is located in Dublins OConnell Street, is the headquarters of An Post, the Irish postal service. ... Michael Collins (Irish name Micheál Ó Coileáin; October 16, 1890 – August 22, 1922), an Irish revolutionary leader, served as Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, as Director of Intelligence for the IRA, as a member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, as Chairman of... An Irish War of Independence memorial in Dublin The Anglo-Irish War (also known as the Irish War of Independence) was a guerrilla campaign mounted against the British government in Ireland by the Irish Republican Army under the proclaimed legitimacy of the First Dáil, the extra-legal Irish parliament...

Sean MacDermott Street in Dublin is named in his honour. Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ...

¹ The form of his name used here, "Sean MacDermott", is a hybrid of the English and Gaelic forms of his name, and for that reason may be considered inaccurate. The other common forms should all redirect here.