Thomas MacDonagh (1878 - 1916)

Thomas MacDonagh (Irish: Tomás Mac Donnchadha; 1 February 1878 – 3 May 1916) was was an Irish political activist, poet, playwright, educationalist and volunteer soldier. He is best known as one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, as the Commander of the Dublin Brigade of the Irish Volunteers and was a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. He was one of the leaders executed for his part in this at the age of thirty-eight.