Rising attracted the good and the great for ‘Ireland’s opportunity’

Whether an opinion of the 1916 Rising is that of a brave or foolish event, the sincerity of the participants is rarely in doubt.

They came from all over Ireland but were also from Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and like Joe Good, from London.

He was involved in the Rising with Michael Collins. He wrote his memoir, Inside the GPO, in 1946 for his 13-year-old son Maurice who published it in 1996. It was re-published by O’Brien’s Books for the 1916 Rising’s 100th anniversary.