Patrick Whelan ( 4 September 1893 – 26 April 1916 ) was an Irish Volunteer , killed in action in Boland 's Mill during the Battle of Mount Street Bridge at the time of the Easter Rising of 1916 . He was 22 years old when he died and was awarded the 1916 Medal posthumously in 1941 . Whelan House in Thorncastle Street , Ringsend , Dublin – where he was born – is named in his honour
1916 Medal
1916 Medal
Patrick Whelan