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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 first day of the Easter Rising, Monday, 24 April 1916, saw some 1,200 volunteer soldiers of the Irish Volunteers take over positions in the centre of Dublin, launching the week-long revolution known as the Easter Rising.
Clanwilliam Place, Mount Street, May 17 1916 The advancing British stopped at Carisbrook House and learned about the Volunteers' presence in the area, responding to sniper fire. The column came under fire from the two men in 25 Northumberland Road, and it took the British five hours of continued firing to dislodge them from the building.
A weekend of commemorations marking the occasion began on Easter Eve (26 March), as President Michael D. Higgins laid a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin. This was preceded by the traditional Irish song "The Parting Glass" being performed by the Island of Ireland Peace Choir and succeeded by a minute's silence.
The Battle of Ashbourne took place, near Ashbourne, County Meath, during the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916. The Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916.
Easter Rising – Irish Volunteers retreated from the General Post Office in Dublin. The O'Rahilly, founder of the Irish Volunteers, died while charging a British machine gun nest. By 3:45 p.m., Irish Republican leaders Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Thomas MacDonagh surrendered unconditionally to the British Army as the uprising collapsed ...
Full copies of the Easter Proclamation are now treated as a revered Irish national icon, and a copy was sold at auction for €390,000 in December 2004. [13] A copy owned (and later signed as a memento) by Rising participant Seán T. O'Kelly was presented by him to the Irish parliament buildings, Leinster House , during his tenure as President ...
Michael Thomas Christopher Mallin [1] (Irish: Micheál Ó Mealláin; 1 December 1874 – 8 May 1916) was an Irish republican, Socialist and devout Catholic who took an active role in the Easter Rising of 1916.