1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
Willie Pearse
Season 1 Episode 6 of 7
Documentary series looking at the lives of the men executed in Kilmainham jail in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising, continuing with Willie Pearse, who was the younger brother of Patrick. When the rising started they were both in the GPO, and Willie was only a minor player in the fighting, but it's felt that his surname may have condemned him to death
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta airs on TG4 HD at 2:30 AM, Thursday 27 June. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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