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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.
After the Easter Rising, a rebellion against British rule in Ireland, broke out on 24 April 1916, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Wimborne declared both the city and county of Dublin to be in a state of martial law. [34]
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.
Major-General William Henry Muir Lowe CB (20 October 1861 – 7 February 1944) was a British Army officer who commanded the British forces in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916 and received the surrender of the Irish republican forces.
Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish republican, poet and journalist.As a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising, he was one of the seven signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.
Irish nationalist Roger Casement was arrested for smuggling weapons to the Easter Rising in Dublin. Easter Rising – The German-controlled cargo steamer SS Libau, masquerading as SS Aud, was intercepted by the Royal Navy and scuttled following an unsuccessful attempt to land arms for the Irish Volunteers in Tralee Bay. [71]
Friend was in command in Ireland when the Easter Rising broke out in 1916. In the lead up to the Rising he was in command during the capture of the arms ship Aud and the arrest of Roger Casement on 21 April, but went on leave to England after the arrest, apparently "satisfied that the danger had passed". [9]
James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; [1] 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was a Scottish-born Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland.