John MacDonagh played the part of Tom the Fool ( under the alias of Richard Sheridan ) in the film .
It was shot in the grounds of St Enda 's Rathfarnham , where his brother Thomas and Patrick Pearse had founded a school to promote Irish education .
Thomas   played the part of Tom the Fool ( under the alias of Richard Sheridan ) in the film .
It was shot in the grounds of St Enda 's Rathfarnham , where his brother Thomas and Patrick Pearse had founded a school to promote Irish education .