Michael Mallin
| Michael Thomas Christopher Mallin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 December 1874 Ward's Hill, The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 8 May 1916 (aged 41) Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland |
| Allegiance | Irish Citizen Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1916 |
| Rank | Commandant Second in Command of Irish Citizen Army |
| Commands held | St Stephen's Green Garrison, Easter Week, 1916 |
| Battles/wars | Easter Rising, Tirah Campaign |
Michael Thomas Christopher Mallin (Irish: Micheál Ó Mealláin; 1 December 1874 – 8 May 1916) was an Irish rebel and socialist who took an active role in the 1916 Easter Rising. He was a silk weaver and co-founder with Francis Sheehy-Skeffington of the Irish Socialist Party, was second in command of the Irish Citizen Army under James Connolly in the Easter Rising of 1916 and commanded the garrison at St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, with Kit Poole as his second in command.
Mallin was born in Dublin, the eldest of nine children of John Mallin, a carpenter and his wife Sarah née Dowling. The family lived in a tenement in the Liberties neighbourhood. He received his early education at the National School at Denmark Street. When he was 15 he visited his uncle James Dowling, who was a member of the British Army as a pay sergeant, and was persuaded to enlist in the army as a drummer. His mother Sarah Dowling witnessed the murder of the Manchester Martyrs. According to Mallin's brother Tom Mallin's father was a "strong nationalist and he and Michael had many a political argument.
Mallin enrolled as a member of the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers on 21 October 1889. During the early years of his service he was stationed in Great Britain and Ireland. In 1896 his regiment was sent to India where he served out the remainder of his almost fourteen-year career and took part in the Tirah Campaign. It was during Mallin's time in India that he became radicalised. In 1897, when asked to donate to the memorial fund for Queen Victoria's jubilee year he refused because 'he could not subscribe as the English monarch had taken an oath to uphold the Protestant faith'. Mallin's brother, Thomas suggested that incidents like the above kept him from being promoted any higher than a drummer. He was awarded the India Medal of 1895 with the Punjab Frontier and Tirah clasps 1897-98.
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