Eoin MacNeill, scholar, politician & founder of the Irish Volunteers died 1949

#OnThisDay 1949 Eoin MacNeill passed away. MacNeill was a scholar, politician, professor of early history in @ucddublin & founder of the Irish Volunteers in 1913. MacNeill was almost fooled by the Castle Document in the build up to the Easter Rising. #Ireland #History

Eoin MacNeill

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