On the morning of 3rd May 1916 Pádraig Mac Piarais, Tomás Mac Donnchadha and Tomás Séamus Ó Cléirigh were executed by firing squad by the British occupying forces for taking part in the Easter Uprising (Éirí Amach na Cásca).
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Clarke then asked Kathleen to convey a message to the Irish people:
"My comrades and I believe we have struck the first successful blow for freedom, and so sure as we are going out this morning so sure will freedom come as a direct result of our action...In this belief, we die happy." 3/3
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Summarising his thoughts about the future, Clarke told Kathleen, his wife, that "between this and freedom Ireland will go through hell, but she will never lie down again until she has attained full freedom." 2/3
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On 3rd May 1916 Patrick Pearse (Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais) Thomas MacDonagh (Tomás Anéislis Mac Donnchadha) and Thomas James Clarke (Tomás Séamus Ó Cléirigh) were executed for their roles in the Easter Uprising. 1/3
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