| − | Seán Mac Diarmada was from [[Kiltyclogher]], [[County Leitrim]] in [[Connacht]] and was one of the leaders of the [[Easter Rising]] in Dublin, Ireland in easter week 1916. He was also one of the seven signatories of the [[Proclamation of the Irish Republic]]. As with the other six men, Mac Diarmada was executed by firing squad by the British in summer 1916. Their deaths made them the founding fathers of the [[Republic of Ireland|modern Irish state]]. | + | Seán Mac Diarmada (February 28, 1883 – May 12, 1916) was from [[Kiltyclogher]], [[County Leitrim]] in [[Connacht]] and was one of the leaders of the [[Easter Rising]] in Dublin, Ireland in easter week 1916. He was also one of the seven signatories of the [[Proclamation of the Irish Republic]]. As with the other six men, Mac Diarmada was executed by firing squad by the British in summer 1916. Their deaths made them the founding fathers of the [[Republic of Ireland|modern Irish state]]. |