THE EASTER RISING 1916 What was it Rebellion

THE EASTER RISING 1916

What was it? • Rebellion in Dublin - Easter in 1916. • Various Irish groups fought British Forces. • They believed in using force to remove the British from Ireland. • Should have taken place all over Ireland. • Due to a lot of confusion, very little happened outside Dublin.

Why was there a rising in 1916? • Britain ruled Ireland at the time however the Irish did not like this. • People believed that Ireland should make their own laws • The only way for to this to happen was to rebel against the British.

Westminster • Westminster is the name of the Parliament in London. • Ireland had been ruled by the British since 1801 when the Act Of Union began.

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 • Later their name changed to The Irish Volunteers.

Who were involved? • The Irish Volunteers were the main people involved in the rising. They were a group of men who were against the British. They wanted them out of Ireland • The Irish Citizen Army were another group of men with the same beliefs. Their leader was James Connolly.

The Irish Citizen Army. • The Irish Citizen Army was formed in November 1913 by James Connolly. • After the outbreak of World War 1 the Irish Citizen Army and the Irish Volunteers joined together to start planning the rising

Thomas Mc. Donagh Born Co. Tipperary 1878 Sean Mac Diarmaid Born Co. Leitrim 1883

Eamon Ceannt Born: Co. Galway 1881 Joseph Mary Plunkett Born: Dublin 1887

Thomas Clarke • Born on the Isle of Wight • 57 -Oldest of the leaders. • Owned a small shop on Parnell street The Irish volunteers would have their secret meetings there.

Padraig Pearse • Born in Dublin in 1879. • Supported Irish culture. • Poet and Writer. • School Teacher/Barrister.

What Happened • On the morning of Easter Monday 1916, about 1, 000 men from the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army marched through Dublin and took control of some important buildings. They were armed with weapons, ready for battle against the British. • Their headquarters were in the GPO, on Sackville Street, which is now known as O’Connell Street.

Proclamation • On the steps of the GPO, Padraig Pearse read the Proclamation. • This declared Ireland to be a Republic. • They took down the British flag and raised a green, white and orange flag which said Ireland was a Republic.

• World War I was ongoing, so the rebels seized the moment to fight. • The British were taken by surprise but by Tuesday morning they had begun to fight back. A battle broke out in Dublin. • Over the next few days the fighting continued and there was severe damage done to the city and many people died.

Dublin City Centre

O’ Connell Street • Much of O’Connell Street ended up in flames. • James Connolly was shot in the ankle in Middle Abbey Street. He was brought back to the GPO. • Liberty Hall had been bombed.

Árd-Oifig an Phoist | GPO

Sr. Uí Chonaill | O’Connell St.

Dublin left in ruins

• Most of the main buildings in Dublin had been burned down or destroyed in the battle and many innocent Dublin citizens were killed. • A lot of the people were not happy with this rebellion as their city had been ruined. • It finally ended after 6 days. The rebels decided to surrender as the city was in ruins.

Afterwards • Over 300 people were arrested. Ninety of those people were sentenced to death. • The 7 people who signed the Proclamation were also sentenced to death. • The would be killed by firing squad.

Kilmainham Gaol The leaders were shot here after the Rising.

James Connolly. • James Connolly was sentenced to death, but as he could not stand, they sat him on a chair and executed him.

Joseph Plunkett. • Joseph Plunkett was sentenced to death on the 4 th of May. • Joseph Plunkett was engaged to an artist. Her name was Grace Grifford. • They let Joseph Plunkett marry Grace the morning of his execution. • They were together as husband wife for a few hours.

Eamon de Valera • Eamon de Valera was sentenced to death but this did not happen as he was a American citizen.

The Proclamation

Ireland 2016 programme The Defence Forces will visit each primary school and deliver a pack to school, containing a National Flag, a booklet on how to care for the Flag; information on the Ireland 2016 programme; a poster of Amhrán na bh. Fiann, our National Anthem. The format for the visit to Primary Schools will be as follows: • Arrival of the Defence Forces team at the school: welcome and introductory remarks. • The 1916 Proclamation explained. • Reading of the Proclamation, with a nominated pupil reading paragraph four. • The National Flag - Q&A for the students on our Flag. • Flag Protocols how we should care for our National Flag • Presentation of the Flag to an appointed person Each ceremony will last not more than 30 minutes per school. St. Colmcille’s will be visited on November 12 th at 10: 50 am.

Paragraph 4 The Irish Republic is entitled to, and hereby claims, the allegiance of every Irishman and Irishwoman. The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and all of its parts, cherishing all of the children of the nation equally and oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien government, which have divided a minority from the majority in the past.

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