The 1916 Easter Rising
The 1916 Easter Rising
On April 24th, 1916 - Easter Monday - a few hundred insurgents occupied a series of buildings in Dublin and proclaimed independence from Britain. London responded by sending thousands of troops to Ireland. In the ensuing week fierce battles were fought, with dozens of casualties on both sides. After five days, the rebels surrendered and the so-called Easter Rising came to an end.
The rebellion was greeted with scepticism by many Irish themselves, but this changed once the rebel leaders were put to death by the British, turning them into national martyrs. The Easter Rising went on to form the main cause for Sinn Féin's landslide victory in the general elections of 1918 and the ensuing Irish war of Independence. To this day it plays a central role in Irish national mythology
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