Diarmuid Lynch: Key Easter Rising planner who escaped execution

Present at a crucial meeting in Hardwicke Street, Dublin, on Easter Saturday in 1916 were Patrick Pearse, Tomás MacDonagh, Seán MacDiarmada, Joseph Plunkett, and Corkman Diarmuid Lynch.

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The meeting reconvened on Sunday in Liberty Hall where the five were joined by James Connolly, Éamonn Ceannt, and Tom Clarke. The consensus decision was to proceed with the planned rebellion at noon on the following day.

Of that group only Lynch was alive a month later. But who has heard of Diarmuid Lynch?