John MacBride
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John MacBride was an Irish republican and military leader. He was executed by the British government for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
Circa 1900-1916
Kilmainham Gaol
Statue of John MacBride (1868-1916) in his native Westport, County Mayo, at South Mall
Westport, County Mayo
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Westport is a town in County Mayo in Ireland. It is at the south-east corner of Clew Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Ireland. Westport is a tourist destination and scores highly for quality of life. It won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition three times in 2001, 2006 and 2008. In 2012 it won the Best Place to Live in Ireland competition run by The Irish Times.
Mall along Carrowbeg River in Westport
The Carrowbeg river flows through Westport
The town of Westport in the early nineteenth century as painted by JA O'Connor. The main elements of the town are already in place.
John Browne, the First Earl of Altamont and Founder of the modern Westport House and the town of Westport