Last surviving child of 1916 leader turns 101
Senator says families of 1916 families should be central to commemorations
Father Joseph Mallin SJ. Fianna Fáil senator Mark Daly said the families of those who participated in the events of 1916 should be central to the upcoming commemorations.
Fr Joseph Mallin visiting the 1916 landing at the Cell in Kilmainham Gaol where he visited his father on the 8th May 1916,the day he was executed for his command of the Irish Citizens Army in the St Stephens Green area during the Easter Rising. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Clipping from The Irish Times archive reporting the execution of three of the 1916 leaders. Image: The Irish Times
A member of the all-party Decade of Commemorations Working Group has called on the public to convey birthday wishes to the last surviving child of a 1916 Rising leader.