The ‘quiet heroes’ of 1916 to get their dues

The drafting and printing of the Proclamation of Independence, along with violence outside Dublin and the ‘quiet heroes’ of the Rising, are among aspects of Easter 1916 to be marked in a major centenary exhibition at the National Museum next year.

It is planned to dedicate a gallery within the museum’s Collins Barracks in Dublin to the Rising, with a special exhibition to open at the end of February next year.

The background to the Rising will also be examined and highlighted, including the conflicts between the military council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood which secretly planned it over two years, and the more moderate members of the Irish Volunteers.