1916 lives: Miceál Ua hAnnracáin wanted the shackles thrown off

Carlowman Miceál Ua hAnnracáin was certain only armed rebellion would see the British Empire leave, writes Conor Kostick

Michael O’Hanrahan, or Miceál Ua hAnnracáin, was an extremely modest man whose greatest ambition from a very early age was to free Ireland from the imperial administration.

Underneath a reserved exterior was a passion and a drive that meant Miceál gave up nearly every evening of his adult life to one organisation or another that furthered this goal.