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  1. The Easter Rising ( Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca ), [2] also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the ...

  2. Purpose. To announce separation from the United Kingdom. The Proclamation of the Republic ( Irish: Forógra na Poblachta ), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916.

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  4. 6 days ago · Easter Rising, Irish republican insurrection against British government in Ireland, which began on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, in Dublin.The insurrection was planned by Patrick Pearse, Tom Clarke, and several other leaders of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, which was a revolutionary society within the nationalist organization called the Irish Volunteers; the latter had about 16,000 ...

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  5. 7 August – there is a large audience at the Bohemian Theatre in Dublin for the first screening of the Film Company of Ireland's first film O'Neill of the Glen. September – W. B. Yeats' poem Easter 1916 is written. 13 December – Lennox Robinson's play The Whiteheaded Boy is premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

  6. Nov 9, 2009 · Topical Press Agency/Getty Images. On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, a group of Irish nationalists proclaimed the establishment of the Irish Republic and, along with some 1,600 followers, staged a ...

  7. The Irish Republic ( Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann or Saorstát Éireann) [1] was an unrecognised revolutionary state that declared its independence from the United Kingdom in January 1919. [2] The Republic claimed jurisdiction over the whole island of Ireland, but by 1920 its functional control was limited to only 21 of Ireland's 32 counties ...

  8. Easter Rising. On Easter Monday 1916, Irish nationalists launched an armed revolt against British rule in Ireland. Although quickly suppressed by the British Army, the rising was a seminal moment in modern Irish history, helping pave the way to the nation's independence in 1922. 8 min read. Ireland First World War Politics 1900s Army at Home.

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