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Sean O'Duffy began his military service as part of the Irish Volunteers in the Easter Rising on April 1, 1916. He fought the entire week and remained part of the Irish Volunteers until March 31, 1919. O'Duffy was a member of the A Company in the 1st Battalion, in the Four Courts Garrison, under his commanding officer, D. O'Callaghan. He fought in the most hectic battlegrounds in North King Street to Church Street sector, including: North King St., Columbhille Hall, North Brunswick St., the Linenhall Barracks on Lisborn St., and Church St.One family recounts the story of how when one of their family members fell, according to witness reports, O’Duffy helped to carry their fallen kin to the hospital. He was imprisoned after the Rising in Stafford Jail until August of 1916. He joined again as soon he was released from his imprisonment and was even promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in 1917. O'Duffy would later be promoted again, this time to Captain for his assistance in Irish intelligence work with Michael Collins. He sided with he Republican side after the Easter Rising and was part of the Irish Republican Army from April 1, 1919 until July 11, 1921. O'Duffy would eventually return to civilian life in Dublin. Nevertheless, even after the Easter Rising and his imprisonment, he managed to hold onto the uniform, a greenish-grey fabric, that identified him as part of the Volunteer Army. He kept the uniform for 50 years, wearing it again during the Golden Jubilee Commemoration of the Easter Rising.


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