THE murder of Frank Sheehy Skeffington in 1916 was a pivotal moment in the events leading up to the Easter Rising. Yet the story of this pacifist, journalist, and ardent campaigner for women’s rights is often overlooked, writes Ellie O’Byrne

Armed with a rusty rifle and a pair of binoculars, 1916 volunteer Frank Shouldice was a crack-shot who harassed British troops during the Easter Rising from the Jameson malthouse, as his grandson tells Richard Fitzpatrick.            

A Corkman serving in the British army committed some of the worst atrocities of the Easter Rising. Ryle Dwyer salutes a book that tells the little-known tale of the Irish who fought on the ‘other’ side during the events of 1916.