Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to celebrate part in Easter Rising

Executed nationalist volunteer Patrick Moran, Roger Casement, and more than 170 people who took part in the 1916 Rising are being commemorated in a centenary programme organised by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, an area once perceived as pro-unionist and which had “Kingstown” as it main commercial centre, had another, more nationalist side, the council said.

Sir Roger Casement, born at Doyle’s Cottages, Lawson Terrace, in Sandycove, was hanged at Pentonville Prison in England in August 1916 for his part in a failed attempt to import arms.

Also resident in the area was Major John MacBride, who was travelling from his house in Glasthule to Dublin to meet a train on Easter Monday when he joined the Rising. He was later executed by the British.

The stories of these men and others will be told in a variety of events in the old “borough” and beyond. Deansgrange Cemetery, where more than 120 people associated with the rebellion are buried, will feature a DLR 1916 Exhibition and tours.