Dublin plaque honours first child killed in 1916 Easter Rising

(Brian Lawless/PA)
(Brian Lawless/PA)

A plaque has been unveiled in Dublin in memory of Sean Foster, the first child killed during the 1916 Easter Rising.

Sean Francis Foster was two when he was hit in the head with a bullet as his mother ran from gunfire between Irish Volunteers and British soldiers in Church Street.

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