
What is recorded here
Seán Mac Diarmada was born in 1883 at Corranmore, a poor townland near Kiltyclogher where famine scars and republican stories shaped young minds. His father carried Fenian beliefs into the household, while a local teacher gave the boy history books that turned pride into purpose. The hills did not speak in laws or banners; they whispered through memory, waiting for someone young enough to run that fire north and south.
Why this person is known: Irish revolutionary (1883-1916)
- Birthplace
- Kiltyclogher
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