Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald, Irish Army Officer and painter (died 1962)

Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald

Irish officer and flag painter

Theobald Wolfe Tone FitzGerald was an Irish army officer and painter. He is recognised for his role in painting the Irish Republic flag that flew over the General Post Office during the Easter Rising 1916. The flag was kept as a trophy by the British Army until it was returned…