Michael Thomas Christopher Mallin | |
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Born | Ward's Hill, The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland[1] | 1 December 1874
Died | 8 May 1916 Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland | (aged 41)
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Allegiance | British Army Irish Citizen Army |
Years of service | 1889–1903 (British Army) 1913–1916 (ICA) |
Rank | Commandant Second in Command of Irish Citizen Army |
Commands | St Stephen's Green Garrison, Easter Week, 1916 |
Battles/wars | Easter Rising, Tirah Campaign |
Michael Thomas Christopher Mallin[1] (Irish: Micheál Ó Mealláin; 1 December 1874 – 8 May 1916) was an Irish republican, Socialist and devout Catholic who took an active role in the Easter Rising of 1916. He was a silk weaver, the co-founder with Francis Sheehy-Skeffington of the Socialist Party of Ireland, and was second-in-command of the Irish Citizen Army under James Connolly in the Easter Rising, in which he commanded the garrison at St. Stephen's Green in Dublin.[2]