He was killed in the Easter Rising of 1916 while serving with the part-time Volunteer Training Corps (a form of Home Guard). On Easter Monday the VTC unit he had formed were on an exercise in the Dublin mountains when they received news of the outbreak of the Rising in the city.
He was slain in the Easter Uprising of 1916 while serving with the part-time Volunteer Training Corps (a form of Home Guard). On Easter Monday, the VTC unit he had formed were on a drill exercise in the Dublin hills when they received news of the outbreak of the Uprising in the city.