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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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
On Easter Monday 2016, Rath Cross was the location of one of a number of 1916 centenary commemoration events. [citation needed] In September 2016, the monument was expanded with the addition of two side figures; one representing the Volunteers in uniform, the other a family. [9]
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.