Richard William FitzPatrick served as an Assistant Librarian at Marsh’s Library for one year, but resigned shortly after the Easter Rising to join the British army.
As a student at Trinity College, he had been a member of the Officer Training Corps, and helped to defend the campus against the rebels during the Easter Rising.
Citation:
T.C.D. [Miscellany], Special Trinity Number, June 1916,
Marsh's Library Exhibits: ‘Changed Utterly?’
curated by Elaine Doyle and Jason McElligott,
accessed December 7, 2023,
https://www.marshlibrary.ie/digi/exhibits/show/irishrevolution/item/629