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Ann an 1916, dh'atharraich ar-a-mach na C脿isge eachdraidh na h-脠irinn. Chuir seachdnar fireannach na h-ainmean aca ri p脿ipear oifigeil Poblachd na h-脠ireann a' ciallachadh gu robh gach fear a' dol an s脿s ann an ar-a-mach fuilteach agus gan cuir fh猫in ann an cunnart b脿is.

Rugadh T貌mas Clarke ann an 1857 aig Caisteal Hurst, ri p脿rantan 脠ireannach. O chionns gu robh athair anns an Arm Bhreatannach, ghluais an teaghlach a dh' Afraga a Deas airson deich bliadhna. Thill iad a dh' 脠irinn ann an 1867. B' ann an seo a dh' ionnsaich Clarke mu eachdraidh na h-脠irinn agus smachd nan Sasannach. Leis an fhiosrachadh seo, chaidh e an s脿s anns am Br脿ithreachas Poblachd na h-脠ireann ann an 1880 airson cuidhteas fhaighinn air Breatainn. Bha Clarke c貌mhla ris an sgioba a fhuair smachd air togalach an G.P.O aig 脿m ar-amach na C脿isge, 1916. Tha am pr貌gram seo a' leantainn Clarke air an t-slighe aige, a' feuchainn ri 脠irinn a shaoradh.

The 1916 Easter Rising changed the course of Irish history. Seven men put their names to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, and in signing it each man knew they were committing themselves to a bloody rebellion and in all likelihood signing their death warrants.

Thomas Clarke was born in 1857 in Hurst Castle, of Irish parents. His father was in the British Army. They were transferred to South Africa, where they lived for ten years before returning to Ireland in 1867. It was here that Clarke was first exposed to Irish history and English domination. As a result of his new found knowledge, he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1880 to help rid Ireland of the British.

Clarke was proactive with the group that occupied the General Post Office in Dublin during the rising in April 1916. This programme follows Clarke's passion to free his country.