The Norgrove Family were a Protestant Irish family, notable for their involvement in Irish nationalist rebellions, the Irish Citizen Army and the Dublin Lockout. Biographies The Norgroves were notable for having five members of the one family take part in the rebellion in Dublin for the 1916 Easter Rising from the father George, his wife Maria, their two teenage daughters Emily and Annie, to the son, Fred, who was 12. George had become involved in political activism during the Dublin Lockout when he joined the Irish Citizen Army and began to make bombs and store weapons in the family home. Both the two daughters and their mother also got involved in the lockout with the women joining the Irish Women Workers' Union (IWWU) and the women's section of the Citizen's Army. George (1876-1937) Born Alfred George Norgrove in Kingstown, now Dún Laoghaire on 28 May 1876 to Alfred George and Martha Annie Norgrove. His father was a seaman based in Kingstown, Co. Dublin. Living near the North Docks in Dublin, George was a gas fitter who was also a member of the Irish Citizen Army. He had been intended to lead a large group to take over the Shelbourne Hotel near Stephen's Green on the Monday of the Easter Rising in 1916. However, the conflicting messages and orders sent out by the leaders in advance of the Rising meant that this was not possible. As a result, he was based in the General Post Office and in the evening sent to support the group lead initially by Seán Connolly, who had failed to take Dublin Castle and were under attack in City Hall. It was surrendered when it was taken by British troops on the morning of Tuesday 25 April. He was interned until December 1916 in Frongoch. During the Civil war in Ireland George was quartermaster for the Irish Citizen Army. He also fought for the Anti-Treaty forces in Dublin in 1922. He used his home as an arms dump for the Irish Citizen Army and the IRA until a raid in February 1925. He was arrested and imprisoned again as a result. He died on 18 February 1937. Maria (c.1877-1934) Very little is known about Maria. She was born Ellen Maria Carter and married George Norgrove in Monkstown in 1897. She served with Constance Markievicz in the Stephen's Green/College of Surgeon's Garrison as well as Jacob's Biscuit Factory.