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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.
The Final Report of the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee, 1916 was submitted to the British government on 7 April 1917, signed by the three members of the committee and its secretary. [18] The report contained a detailed overview of the claims, the procedures followed by the committee and the practical outcomes in terms of the monies to be ...
On the Easter Proclamation: And Other Declarations. Four Courts Press. ISBN 9781851823222. Tim Pat Coogan, Michael Collins (ISBN 0-09-174106-8) Tim Pat Coogan, De Valera (ISBN 0-09-175030-X) Dorothy McCardle, The Irish Republic; Arthur Mitchell and Padraig Ó Snodaigh, Irish Political Documents: 1916–1949; John O'Connor, The 1916 Proclamation
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.
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Easter, 1916 is a poem by W. B. Yeats describing the poet's torn emotions regarding the events of the Easter Rising staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. The rebellion was unsuccessful, and most of the Irish republican leaders involved were executed.
Clarke was arguably the person most responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising. A proponent of armed struggle against British rule in Ireland for most of his life, Clarke spent 15 years in English prisons prior to his role in the Easter Rising and was executed by firing squad after it was defeated.
Easter Rising – Lord Wimborn, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, declared martial law in Dublin for a period of one month and handed civil power over to Major-General William Lowe. [ 88 ] The first Anzac Day was declared in Australia and New Zealand in memory of lives lost during the Gallipoli campaign .