Thomas Dickson was shot in Portobello Barracks during the Easter Rising alongside Francis Sheehy Skeffinton and Patrick Joseph McIntyre.
Described in the enquiry as a deformed Scotsman, he was working as a journalist in Dublin as editor of a loyalist/Unionist paper called Eye-Opener. No real details found so far re this newspaper and who else was involved with it.
Born around 1885 in Glasgow, Thomas Dickson was the son of Samuel Dickson and Annie McDonagh. Both parents were born in Ireland.
In the 1891 census the family are living at 118 Parson St, Glasgow. Samuel is aged 35, Annie aged 27. The children listed as Thomas (6), John Dignam Dickson (4), Samuel (3) and James (1).
In the 1901 census the family are living at 28 Glebe St, Glasgow. Samuel is aged 45, Annie aged 37. The children as listed as Thomas (16), John (14), Samuel (13), James (11), Hugh (6), Mary (7), Honorah (4) and Margaret (1). Thomas is listed as an Advertising Agent.
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