Thomas MacDonagh Born in Tipperary in 1878. MacDonagh was a teacher who moved to study in Dublin where he founded St Endas school with Patrick Pearse. Erudite and literate, he later joined the English department of University College Dublin. His play When the Dawn is Come was produced at the Abbey. He was appointed director of training for the Irish Volunteers and later joined the IRB. He was commander of the unit that occupied Jacobs Factory during the Rising. He was executed on 3 May 1916.