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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
Cover page of the Declaration. The Declaration of Independence (Irish: Forógra na Saoirse, French: Déclaration d'indépendance) was a document adopted by Dáil Éireann, the revolutionary parliament of the Irish Republic, at its first meeting in the Mansion House, Dublin, on 21 January 1919.
1916: Proclamation of the Irish Republic: Proclaims Irish independence from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1919: Declaration of Independence (Ireland) Adopted by Dáil Éireann; "ratifies" the 1916 Proclamation. 1923: Declaration of the Rights of the Child
In all probability, such distinctions were unimportant to the leaders of the Rising, and in the lead-up to Easter 1916, and during Easter Week itself, all their energies were devoted to the military campaign. With their deaths in the first two weeks of May 1916 the first government of the Irish Republic came to an end.
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The Proclamation of the Republic was signed by the seven leaders in the name of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic. Volunteers from Belfast and County Cork began manoeuvres, but returned home. Birth of the Irish Republic by Walter Paget: the General Post Office during the Easter Rising. 24 April – The Easter Rising began in Dublin.
Emmet’s Proclamation of the Provisional Government to the People of Ireland, his Speech from the Dock, and his "sacrificial" end on the gallows inspired later generations of Irish republicans. His memory was invoked by Patrick Pearse who in 1916 was again to proclaim a provisional government in Dublin.
Eight months later, on 24 April 1916, Pearse stood in the portico of the General Post Office in Dublin and read the Proclamation of the Republic. Although the Easter Rising was short-lived, it set in train the events that led to the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922. [8]