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British executed James Connolly, Irish Republican leader

108
years ago

12 May 1916,

In Ireland, the British executed Socialist and Republican leader James Connolly for proclaiming the Republic of Ireland in the Easter Rebellion. Due to the wounds suffered during the uprising, he was shot and tied to a chair. It merged nationalism and socialism.

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