Samuel Kern Alexander Jr. was born in Marrowbone, Kentucky in 1939. The Dutch variant is called a mergpijpje ("little marrowbone"). He participated in the 1916 Rising reporting to Marrowbone Lane Distillery. British troops also took casualties in unsuccessful frontal assaults on the Marrowbone Lane Distillery. He fought in Marrowbone Lane in the 1916 Easter Rising. During Easter Week, he fought at Watkin's Brewery, Jameson's Distillery and Marrowbone Lane. In 1939, Robert Collis wrote the play "Marrowbone Lane". The family was originally from the Marrowbone area, on the Oldpark Road in North Belfast. Marrowbone Lane () is a street off Cork Street in Dublin, Ireland. "Marrowbone" was also released theatrically in the U.K. on 13 July 2018. Marrowbone is an unincorporated community located in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.