23 Facts About Easter Rising

Easter Rising, known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916.

The Easter 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 Easter Rising brought physical force republicanism back to the forefront of Irish politics, which for nearly fifty years had been dominated by constitutional nationalism.

Opposition to the British reaction to the Easter Rising contributed to changes in public opinion and the move toward independence, as shown in the December 1918 election in Ireland which was won by the Sinn Fein party, which convened the First Dail and declared independence.

Easter Rising persuaded the Germans to announce their support for Irish independence in November 1914.

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Easter Rising's body was sent to Ireland for burial in Glasnevin Cemetery, with the Volunteers in charge of arrangements.

Easter Rising had the authority to do this, as the Volunteers' Director of Organisation.

Easter Rising was disappointed with the level of support offered by the Germans and he intended to stop or at least postpone the rising.

Only substantial combat of the first day of the Easter Rising took place at the South Dublin Union where a piquet from the Royal Irish Regiment encountered an outpost of Eamonn Ceannt's force at the northwestern corner of the South Dublin Union.

Easter Rising's is believed to have been the first civilian killed in the Rising.

The Fingal Battalion's tactics during the Easter Rising foreshadowed those of the IRA during the War of Independence that followed.

Easter Rising's plan was to "bottle up the British garrison and divert the British from concentrating on Dublin".

Easter Rising resulted in at least 485 deaths, according to the Glasnevin Trust.

Easter Rising said "it is not murderers who are being executed; it is insurgents who have fought a clean fight, a brave fight, however misguided".

Easter Rising was found guilty of murder but insane, and detained for twenty months at Broadmoor.

Easter Rising claimed that "the rebels wore no uniform" and that the people of North King Street were rebel sympathisers.

Easter Rising resulted in a great deal of death and destruction, as well as disrupting food supplies, contributed to the antagonism toward the rebels.

Easter Rising would go on to write lament for Thomas MacDonagh for his fallen friend and fellow Irish Volunteer.

Some survivors of the Easter Rising went on to become leaders of the independent Irish state.

Memorials to the heroes of the Easter Rising are to be found in other Irish cities, such as Limerick.

O'Brien and others asserted that the Easter Rising was doomed to military defeat from the outset, and that it failed to account for the determination of Ulster Unionists to remain in the United Kingdom.

Easter Rising commented on the role of Patrick Pearse, the martyrdom controversy and the Proclamation's reference to "our gallant [German] allies in Europe".

Easter Rising lasted from Easter Monday 24 April 1916 to Easter Saturday 29 April 1916.