The Easter RisingExamines the causes, events, and aftermath of the Easter, 1916, uprising in Dublin that, in spite of being crushed by the British at the time, eventually led to independence for most of Ireland. |
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afternoon April artillery barricade Boland's Mills garrison Britain British authorities British rule British troops building burning captured Cathal Brugha CLANWILLIAM College of Surgeons command Dublin Castle Dublin Union garrison Eamon de Valera Eamonn Ceannt Easter Monday Easter Rising Easter week Eoin MacNeill Executed by firing fighting in North firing squad Four Courts Gaelic GPO garrison Helga Home Rule Party inside the GPO IRB's Irish Citizen Army Irish language Irish nationalists Irish Republic Irish Republican Army Irish Republican Brotherhood Irish Volunteers Jacob's factory James Connolly Joseph Plunkett leaders Liberty Hall LIFFEY RIVER marched Mendicity Institution Michael Mallin military council Moore Street Mount Street Bridge nearby North King Street O'Rahilly p.m. the GPO PARNELL STREET Patrick Pearse Pearse's Proclamation rebel garrisons Reilly's Republican Brotherhood IRB Richmond Barracks rule in Ireland Sackville Street Sean Shelbourne Hotel shot Sinn Féin Sir Roger Casement snipers soldiers South Dublin Union SOUTHERN CORDON Stephen's Green surrender Thomas MacDonagh