![1858 – Irish revolutionary Thomas James Clarke is born of Irish parents on the Isle of Wight and arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising. 1858 – Irish revolutionary Thomas James Clarke is born of Irish parents on the Isle of Wight and arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising.](https://stairnaheireann.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11893999_1664063140472009_5148301987011628463_o.jpg)
1858 – Irish revolutionary Thomas James Clarke is born of Irish parents on the Isle of Wight and arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising.
![The Mainspring of the Rising – Séan MacDiarmada, the IRB's Full-time Professional Organiser / Tom and Kathleen Clarke: Parents of the Revolution / Thomas Clarke and The Church of Ireland link | 1916 The Mainspring of the Rising – Séan MacDiarmada, the IRB's Full-time Professional Organiser / Tom and Kathleen Clarke: Parents of the Revolution / Thomas Clarke and The Church of Ireland link | 1916](https://1916.rte.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Sean-Mac-Diarmada-1-e1458059079797.jpg)
The Mainspring of the Rising – Séan MacDiarmada, the IRB's Full-time Professional Organiser / Tom and Kathleen Clarke: Parents of the Revolution / Thomas Clarke and The Church of Ireland link | 1916
![10 things you may not have known about 1916 signatory Thomas Clarke | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad 10 things you may not have known about 1916 signatory Thomas Clarke | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad](https://m0.joe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/23103143/Clarke2.jpg)
10 things you may not have known about 1916 signatory Thomas Clarke | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad
![10 things you may not have known about 1916 signatory Thomas Clarke | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad 10 things you may not have known about 1916 signatory Thomas Clarke | JOE is the voice of Irish people at home and abroad](https://m0.joe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11133250/thomas_clarke.jpg)