Britain makes a martyr of Mo Chara

You have to hand it to our good friends and close neighbours in Britain, but they have a habit of making martyrs out of men who might otherwise be forgotten.

It’s only a little over 100 years since they chose to execute 15 leaders of the Easter Rising, a failed insurrection that initially had limited public support across Ireland, largely because the many deemed it irresponsible and cavalier.

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