Easter Rebellion IRB James Stephens and John O
Easter Rebellion
IRB James Stephens and John O Mahoney founded the IRB {Irish Republican Brotherhood} After an unsuccessful rebellion in 1867 the IRB became a secret society.
The planning of the Rising Patrick Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett , Thomas Clarke , Sean Mac Dermott , James Connolly and Thomas Mac Donagh secretly drew up the plans for the rising. They set the date for the rising on Easter Sunday 1916.
The Buildings. They all gathered outside Liberty Hall and marched to various buildings around Dublin. The GPO, The Four Courts, South Dublin, Jacobs factory, the Royal College of Surgeons, St Stephens Green and Boland's Mill.
Proclamation On the steps of their headquarters Patrick Pearse read his proclamation that Ireland would be independent of Britain. He said Ireland was a Republic. They took down the British flag and rose a green white and orange flag which said Ireland was a Republic.
Dublin Castle The British base was Dublin Castle. The British surrounded the GPO not letting anything in or out.
Clerys and The Imperial Hotel Two big buildings had been bombed; Clerys and the Imperial Hotel.
The end of the rising At this point over 200 people had died and 2000 were wounded. The Rebels decided to surrender. Elizabeth O’ Farrell walked down O’ Connell street carrying a white flag. The Rising had finished.
Afterwards Over 300 people were been arrested. Ninety of those people were sentenced to death. The 15 people who signed the Proclamation were also sentenced to death. The would be killed by firing squad.
Countess Markievicz was one of the people sentenced to death but that did not happen. Instead she was sentenced to life in jail.
Eamon de Valera was sentenced to death but this did not happen as he was a American citizen.
James Connolly. James Connolly was sentenced to death, but as he could not stand, they strapped him to a chair and killed him.
The Public. The public were not very happy with the British killing these men. They changed their minds very quickly. They went from hating these men to being 100 percent behind them.
Sinn Fein Everyone thought Sinn Fein(a political party) had been responsible for the Rising. Arthur Griffith had founded Sinn Fein in 1905. In 1918 two years after the rising Sinn Fein won the general election.
Joseph Plunkett. Joseph Plunkett was sentenced to death on the 4 th of May. Joseph Plunkett also had tuberculosis. Joseph Plunkett was engaged to an artist. Her name was Grace Grifford. They let Joseph Plunkett marry Grace the morning of his execution.
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