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Willie Pearse
Irish revolutionary (1881–1916)
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For the Australian MP, see William Silas Pearse.
William James Pearse (Irish: Uilliam Seamus Mac Piarais; 15 November 1881 – 4 May 1916)[1] was an Irish republican executed for his part in the Easter Rising.
He was a younger brother of Patrick Pearse, a leader of the rising.
Background
Willie Pearse was born in Dublin and throughout his life lived in the shadow of his brother to whom he was devoted and with whom he formed a particularly close relationship.[2]
Pearse inherited his father's artistic abilities and became a sculptor.
He was educated at the Christian Brothers School, Westland Row. He studied at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin under Oliver Sheppard.
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He also studied art in Paris. While attending the Kensington School of Art in London[3] he gained notice for several of his artworks. Some of his sculptures are to be found in Limerick Cathedral,