Thomas ‘Corkie’ Walsh: The Corkman who fired the first shot of 1916
The death 100 years ago of a Corkman said to have fired the first shot of the 1916 Rising in Dublin is being marked in his native city next weekend.
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Thomas Walsh of the Irish Citizen Army will be remembered at a ceremony in his native city next weekend, writes Niall Murray
The death 100 years ago of a Corkman said to have fired the first shot of the 1916 Rising in Dublin is being marked in his native city next weekend.
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