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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 First World War.
John MacBride (sometimes written John McBride; Irish: Seán Mac Giolla Bhríde; 7 May 1868 [1] – 5 May 1916) was an Irish republican and military leader. He was executed by the British government for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin .
Thomas James Clarke (Irish: Tomás Séamus Ó Cléirigh; 11 March 1858 – 3 May 1916 [1]) was an Irish republican and a leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.Clarke was arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising.
The Rising, 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. It was the first armed conflict of the Irish revolutionary period.
19 August – The Irish Times in Dublin issued a 264-page handbook detailing the events of the Easter Rising; a second edition was published by the end of the year. [ 4 ] 1 October – Time in Ireland : Dublin Mean Time (25 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time ) was made the same as British time from 2 am today under the terms of the Time ...
Cornelius Bernard Colbert (Irish: Conchúir Ó Colbáird; [2] 19 October 1888 – 8 May 1916) [3] was an Irish rebel and pioneer of Fianna Éireann. For his part in the Easter Rising of 1916 , he was shot by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol , Dublin, on 8 May 1916.
the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Irish Volunteers, and the Irish Citizen Army were central to the Rising; "the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland" the form of government was to be a republic; a guarantee of "religious and civil liberty, equal rights, and equal opportunities to all its citizens", the first mention of ...
Thomas Kent (Irish: Tomás Ceannt; 29 August 1865 – 9 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist who was court-martialled and executed following a gunfight with the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) on 9 May 1916, in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.