It is best known as the prison where the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rebellion were executed.
He opposed British rule in Ireland, and supported the leaders of the Easter Rebellion.
But times are changing, and old issues dating to the Easter Rebellion no longer stir the blood.
However the Catholics in southern Ireland moved overnight to demands for complete immediate independence after the failed Easter Rebellion of 1916.
During the Easter Rebellion the brewery first aid teams helped both sides.
David Lean's film Ryan's Daughter (1970) was a loose adaptation of the story, relocating it to Ireland during the time of the Easter Rebellion.
After recovery, he was involved in suppressing the Easter Rebellion in Ireland.
This intensified with the Easter Rebellion in 1916 and the executions after together with the threat of conscription in 1917.
The Rogers family went to Dublin and were there at the time of the Easter Rebellion.
The raid was timed to coincide with the expected Easter Rebellion by Irish Nationalists, who had requested German assistance.