1916 Easter Rising By Aaron Mulcahy Losses The

1916 Easter Rising By Aaron Mulcahy

Losses • The British lost 155 men to Irish gunfire and 200 were wounded • The Irish lost 70 to British gunfire but 1000 were wounded

Troops • In the 1916 Easter Rising there were British and Irish troops here is the numbers • There were 15, 000 British troops • And 1, 000 armed RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary)

FACTS I. Mac. Donagh and Plunkett were poet’s. Pearse was a poet as well as a schoolteacher. II. There were 485 people killed in the 1916 Easter rising 54 % were civilian's 30 % were British military police and 16 % were Irish rebels III. At first the rising had little support in Ireland but after the leaders were executed people began to respect what they had done

Roger Casement • Roger Casement was a diplomat and Irish nationalist. • He was caught smuggling guns into Ireland for the 1916 Easter Rising for his. • He was executed by the British for his involvement in the Irish rebellion.

Michael and John Walker • Michael and John Walker were both part of the Irish team for the 1912 summer olympics for cycling • Michael set both national records in the 50 miles race as 12 hours and 24 hours • John Walker Michaels brother fought in the second battalion under command of Thomas Mac. Donagh John was imprisoned but later returned to Ireland to fight in the war of independence