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Postcard – Seán MacDiarmada

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Seán MacDiarmada (27 January 1883 – 12 May 1916) was a member of the Military Committee of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and played a major role in the organisation of the 1916 Easter Rising. MacDiarmada was one of seven signatories of the Irish Proclamation. He faced arrest in the aftermath of the Easter Rising and was sentenced to be shot. He was executed by firing squad on 12 May 1916.

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