Issue containing contributions by James Connolly, Thomas MacDonagh, Joseph Mary Plunkett, and Padraic Pearse, four of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation.
An t-Óglác served as the periodical of the National Army (pro-Treaty forces) during the Irish Civil War. The Free State Government referred to the anti-Treaty forces as “Irregulars,” as seen in several of the articles in this issue.