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unusual facts about 1916 Rising



Raimund Weisbach

Weisbach was an official guest of the Government of Ireland at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising in 1966.

Sam Stephenson

He was the youngest of five sons born to Paddy Joe Stephenson, former Chief Librarian of Dublin and a founder of the Old Dublin Society, who had fought in the 1916 Rising and had helped to restore Kilmainham Gaol.


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Bethel Solomons

His sister Estella Solomons (1882–1968) was a leading artist, and a member of Cumann na mBan during the 1916 rising; she married poet and publisher Seamus O'Sullivan.

Rynne

William Rynne, known as "Willie" Rynne, was an Irish Republican who fought in the 1916 Rising.