It was Easter, 1916, and a group of patriotic Irishmen combined to work for the independence of their native land. Their leaders were Tom Clarke, the unrepentant Fenian returned from America to rejuvenate the aged Irish Republican Brotherhood; Padraic Pearse, a poet, playwright and schoolteacher who taught the history and language of Ireland; and James Connolly, a champion of the laboring class who had dedicated his life to organizing Irish workers against employers who exploited them, and who formed the Irish Citizen Army to protect them. It was a time of promised change. World War I was … [Read more...] about On Sunday He Rose, On Monday We Rose