Thomas MacDonagh

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The Irish Times story about Muriel’s death and the orphaning of the children.

The Irish Times has run a story about Muriel MacDonagh’s death just over a year from Thomas’s execution.  It’s a moving story of the price paid by the families of those fighting for Ireland’s independence.  There is a video with the article as well.

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1916: Thomas MacDonagh, a personable revolutionary and a family man.

1916: Thomas MacDonagh, a personable revolutionary and a family man. The Irish Times writes “The Thomas MacDonagh papers: ‘I devoted myself too much to national work’ Thomas MacDonagh worried about his family not having enough money, during his life and after his death, letters held by the National Library suggest”.   They also made this video and has […]

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Muriel McAuley, granddaughter of Thomas MacDonagh, reads an extract of a letter sent by Pádraig Pearse.

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For My Son

Tipperary | Every County Has a Story | RTÉ 1916Every county has a story. From #Tipperary, the story of a father’s love for his son | RTÉ & Ireland 2016 #rte1916 Posted by RTÉ on Friday, March 18, 2016

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The Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre

Check out all the awesome stuff that the Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre has to offer.

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RTÉ.ie on youtube – The Signatories

The video below is part of this larger page on the RTÉ.ie site about Thomas.

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