Staker Wallace
Irish freedom fighter
Patrick "Staker" Wallace (1733–1798) was an Irish farmer who was possibly born at Teermore, in Bulgaden-Ballinvana parish of County Limerick, Ireland, near the town of Kilfinane. During the Irish Rebellion of 1798, Wallace was arrested in late March 1798 and charged with being a member of the Society of United Irishmen and plotting the assassination of Captain Charles Silver Oliver, before being executed.
Name
Most commonly known as Staker Wallace or The Staker, his first name was most likely Patrick. His nickname was given to him after his death. Some sources give his first name as William or Edmond (Edmund), but these are less likely than Patrick. In her 1909 book about her ancestor, Eunice Graham Brandt referred to Staker as William. After being beheaded, his head was put on a stake for everyone to see. Thus, Staker Wallace. The monument in his honour in Martinstown, Limerick, refers to him as Edmond. Unfortunately, contemporary news accounts in the Limerick Chronicle are long-lost.
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