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Tom Harris was the second eldest of seven children and he lived near Kilcock in Co. Kildare until he was 10 years old. His parents and grandmother died within six weeks of one another and his son Seán describes this tragic circumstance. Tom’s maternal Tierney relatives, brought the children to Prosperous, and Seán feels that this is where Tom picked up information about the Famine, particularly when working in Tierney’s public house. Tom Harris was a member of the IRB and the Irish Volunteers. At Easter Week 1916 Tom Byrne stayed with Tom Harris on the Saturday night and the plan was to meet up at Bodenstown. Their project entailed blowing up the bridge at Sallins and then proceeding to Dublin city centre. However, a man named Kelly called to let them know that the Countermanding Order had been issued. On the Sunday, Dick Stokes brought the order from Pearse that the Rising was to go ahead the following day. Seán describes the events which followed. Tom Harris, Tom Byrne and another man collected gelignite from the Dominican College and went to Bodenstown and on to Maynooth, where they met with twelve men and walked to Dublin. They slept for a few hours in Glasnevin Cemetery that night. On their arrival at the GPO, James Connolly shook hands with Tom Byrne, whom he knew well. They were then sent, with some others from Maynooth, to Parliament Street. Seán remembers that his father said that they would not have got out of Parliament Street were it not for Tom Byrne’s previous war experience (in South Africa). He also told his son that the Countermanding Order issued by Eoin MacNeill was a knock to their confidence. The group at Prosperous had several new guns which had been funded by a local seed merchant, but none of the men turned up at Bodenstown on the day. Seán describes the confusion that had arisen and the lack of confidence engendered. Tom Harris was wounded in the foot during the evacuation of the GPO. Jim O’Neill remained with him until he had to surrender,

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