Thomas James Clarke was an Irish republican and a leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Clarke was arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising. A proponent of armed struggle
Clarke in 1910
Clarke in 1899, a year after his release from prison
Clarke alongside fellow members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood John Daly and Seán Mac Diarmada
Tom's wife Kathleen continued to be a republican activist in politics for many decades after his death
"Ireland unfree shall never be at peace" were the climactic closing words of the graveside oration of Patrick Pearse at the funeral of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa on 1 August 1915. The oration roused Iri
Crowds gathered at the graveside of O'Donovan Rossa. Pearse is centre-right (in uniform)