Padraig Pearse/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Padraig Pearse.

(10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) Dublin-born teacher, writer and Irish nationalist, and one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, for which he was court-martialled and, with his brother Willie, executed by firing squad.