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 Edward Costello 

Introduction
Edward Costello was the only person from the geographical area nowadays known as Northern Ireland, to be killed in the 1916 Easter Rising, in Ireland. Costello was a native of Armagh. Costello was one of the men who was executed by the British for their efforts in trying to secure a free Ireland. On the 25th of April 1916, he died in Jervais street Hospital.



Early Life
Edward Costello was born in Lurgan, County Armagh. His parents went by the names of Edward(senior) and Rose. They moved to Lurgan, in county Armagh from Kilcock, in county Kildare. His parents married and lived in No.3 Castle Lane, in Lurgan. In 1914, Costello left Lurgan to seek employment in Dublin. His death certificate lists his final occupation as a pawn broker's assistant.



Family Life
Edward J. Costello's father worked as clerk, in Johnston and Allen's linen manufactures on Victoria street, in Lurgan. He married Annie Costello and lived in number 3 Castle Lane, Lurgan. After his death in 1916, his wife moved from Castle Lane, to number 1 Antrim Road, Lurgan. His wife, Annie Costello died in Lurgan, on the 22nd March 1959. Sean John Costello was a lieutenant of the Irish volunteers. He was killed in action while carrying dispatched to Bolands Mill, on the 26th of April 1916. He was orginally part of athlone volunteers, he had been in Dublin for some time. He was shot and fatally wounded by a British soldier. He was taken to Sir Patrick's Duns hospital where he died. He is buried in deans grange cemetery Dublin. Joseph Costello buried in mass grave in deans grange cemetery Dublin.



Easter Rising 1916 Summary
The 1916 Rising was the most serious revolt to British Rule in Ireland in over a century. It represented an unprecedented explosion of violence for a society that had been remarkably peaceful since the bloodletting of the 1798 rebellion.(5) The Easter Rising was planned by the Irish Republican Brotherhood's military council to take advantage of British participation in the world war by staging a nation-wide Irish rebellion. (1) Sir Roger Casement was sent to Germany to raise a prisoner-of-war force and to win German arms and ammunition. The plans collapsed due to British intelligence discovery of American links and confusion over time of arrival of arms from Germany. A ship carrying a large consignment of arms from Germany was intercepted by the British navy. Eoin MacNeill, chief of staff of Irish Volunteers, then countermanded the mobilization orders given by Pearse. The military leaders, Pádraic Pearse and James Connolly, decided nevertheless to continue with the rebellion, by taking over various buildings around the centre of Dublin. (3) Outside the General Post Office, their GHQ, Pearse read out the provisional declaration of an Irish Republic; five days later, after British shelling of centres of resistance, the rebels surrendered. Leaders were executed in stages, and over 2,000 interned in Britain. De Valera was the last commander to surrender. (2) Because of his American birth, he escaped execution by the British but was sentenced to penal servitude. While there was little overt support for the rising at the time, British actions gave it a retrospective significance. Traditional nationalists have depicted it as a decisive event in awakening Irish nationalist consciousness and have seen it as the realization of Pearse's concept of blood-sacrifice. Lately, historians have criticized the use of violence with only minority support and have questioned whether the rising was central to the achievement of independence. Police and intelligence reports from 1916 indicate official awareness of large Irish Volunteer (of which Costello was part of) arms dumps around the city of Dublin. Ten full boxes of ammunition were being stored in Father Matthew Park in Fairview, north Dublin. Similarly, authorities were aware of an arms cache on Connaught Road, near the back of Dalymount Park. This was in the home of Michael O'Hanrahan, second in command to Thomas McDonagh in the 2nd Dublin Battalion of the Irish Volunteers.

The names of those who died or were executed by the British were as follows(* means executed):

Padraig Pearse * Thomas MacDonagh * Thomas Clarke * Joseph Plunkett * Edward Daly * Michael O’Hanrahan * William Pearse * Sean McBride * Con Colbert * Eamonn Ceannt * Michael Mallin * Sean Hueston * James Connolly * Sean McDermott * John Adams Thomas Allen William Burke Andrew Byrne James Byrne Louis Byrne Charles Carrigan Philip Clarke Sean Connolly James Corcoran Edward Costello John Costello Henry Coyle John Crenigan John Cromien Charles Darcy Brendan Donelan Patrick Doyle John Dwan Edward Ennis Patrick Farrell James Fox George Geoghegan John Healy Sean Howard Sean Hurley John Keely Con Keating Gerald Keogh Francis Macken Peader Macken Michael Malone Peter Manning James McCormack William McDowell Charles Monaghan Michael Mulvihill Richard Murphy Daniel Murray Richard O’Carroll Patrick O’Connor Patrick O’Flanagan John O’Grady The O’Rahilly John O’Reilly Thomas O’Reilly John Owens James Quinn Thomas Rafferty George Reynolds Fredrick Ryan Domhnall Sheehan Patrick Shortis John Traynor Edward Walsh Philip Walshe Thomas Weafer Patrick Whelan Peter Wilson Richard Kent Roger Casement * (1) Thomas Kent * (2) Thomas Ashe (3)

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Easter Rising 1916 Costello
Edward Costello joined the Irish Citizens Army in 1915. He took part in the Easter Rising in 1916. His wife Annie, remained in Lurgan. He made frequent visits back to the town to see his wife and children. While fighting for a free Ireland. Unfortunately, he received a fatal bullet to the head, while in battle. He was wounded in the Church Street Area. He died later that day, in hospital. He past away at the young age of 27 years old. His brother James registered the death. He was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery on 1 May 1916. His grave is in the St, Paul’s section, DC 30. At the minute, there is no headstone on his grave. Nowadays, the Thomas Harte Cumann are planning to build a monument in honour of volunteer Edward Costello, in North Lurgan.