Vincent Byrne (23 November 1900 - 13 December 1992) was a member of the Irish Republican Army and a senior figure in the assassination group known as The Squad.
On Easter Monday 1916 he assembled in Saint Stephen's Green and was supposed to march over to Jacobs Factory where he would remain for the rest of the week.
When the rebels surrendered he escaped to his home but was arrested a week later and taken to Richmond Barracks.
[1] On the morning of the day of Bloody Sunday Byrne was in command of the IRA unit which assassinated Lieutenant Peter Ashmun Ames and Lieutenant Bennett in their room at 38 Upper Mount Street, Dublin.
He joined the Irish National Army and reached the rank of Commandant-Colonel He died 13 December 1992.