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Captain, Commander, Senior officer.
Peter Francis Bracken
Portrait of Bracken
Native name
Peadar Bracken
Birth name
Peter Francis Bracken
Born
(1887-01-23)23 January 1887 Sragh, Tullamore, King's County, Ireland
Died
19 January 1961(1961-01-19) (aged 73) Charleville road, Tullamore
Buried
Clonminch Cemetery, Tullamore
Allegiance
Ireland
Service/branch
Tullamore Company Irish Volunteers, Athlone Brigade,
Rank
Senior Officer
Battles/wars
Easter Rising 1916, War of Independence
Peadar Bracken (23 January 1887 – 19 January 1961) was an Irish Volunteer during Ireland's War of Independence. In 1914 he was elected Captain by the men of the Tullamore Company Irish Volunteers, before later being appointed Commandant of the Athlone Brigade area by Patrick Pearse. Bracken, alongside his comrade Seamus Brennan, are credited with firing the first shots in the 1916 rising in Tullamore. Bracken was under order from Pearse and took command off him for the duration of the 1916 rising. He commanded the critical GPO garrison outpost at O'Connell Bridge, Dublin during the Easter Rising. Later on in his career, in 1920, he was a senior officer in the Irish Republican Brotherhood branch in Tullamore, and commanding officer in chief of the Athlone Brigade.[1] Bracken died on 19 January 1961.
^Downey, Jim (8 February 1958). "TULLAMORE GREW UP WITH A BANG!". Irish Pictorial. ProQuest 529097709. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
PeadarBracken (23 January 1887 – 19 January 1961) was an Irish Volunteer during Ireland's War of Independence. In 1914 he was elected Captain by the men...
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