Michael Mallin - 1916 Colour Edition Print...
Michael Mallin - 1916 Colour Edition Print Series
Michael Mallin (1874–1916), was born in the Liberties in Dublin. Aged 15, he joined the British army as a drummer boy and served for 12 years, mostly in India, becoming a strong anti-imperialist. He returned to Dublin to work as a silk weaver and became involved in trade unionism. Appointed chief-of-staff of the Irish Citizen Army by James Connolly in 1914, he commanded the ICA garrison in the College of Surgeons during Easter week, and was executed 8 May 1916.