Michael Mallin was born in Dublin’s “rebel” Liberties in 1874. At an uncle’s urging, he joined the British army at the age of 14 and spent six years in India.

Father Joseph Mallin was born in Dublin on September 13, 1913. Upon his death in 2018, he was the last surviving child of an 1916 Easter Rising leader. Fr Mallin was the son of Commandant Michael ...