photograph / Liam O Briain, Professor

Postcard photograph; Liam O Briain, Captain, 4th Battalion, Irish Volunteers, in Irish Volunteer uniform. Fought at St. Stephen's Green during the Rising, and interned until September 1917. On his release he became a Professor of Romance Languages at University College Galway, while remaining in politics with Sinn Fein. He was also interned during the War of Independence. This photograph was taken c. 1914 to 1916.;