A mechanic by trade, Patrick Grant was a member of E Company in the 2nd Dublin Battalion of the Irish Volunteers. He travelled to north Dublin at the outbreak of the Easter Rising and participated in attacks on RIC Barracks in Swords, Donabate and Garristown before taking part in the larger battle with the RIC in Ashbourne. Interned in Knutsford Jail and Frongoch prison camp until December 1916, Grant did not participate in the War of Independence or Civil War.
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