Priest, 102, is last living child of 1916 ‘martyrs’

The last surviving child of those executed during the 1916 rising has celebrated his 102nd birthday.

Priest, 102, is last living child of 1916 ‘martyrs’

Father Joseph Mallin, a Jesuit priest, celebrated the milestone on Sunday in Hong Kong and is also thought to be the oldest Irish priest in the world.

Fr Mallin is the son of executed 1916 leader Comdt Michael Mallin, who went out on Easter Monday, 1916, to command the fighting in St Stephen’s Green, with Countess Markievicz as his deputy, and never returned.

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