Easter Rising
Easter Rising ( April 1916 )An insurrection in Dublin when some 2000 members of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army took up arms against British rule in Ireland. The Irish Republican Brotherhood had planned the uprising, supported by the Sinn Fein Party. A ship carrying a large consignment of arms from Germany was intercepted by the British navy. Roger Casement of the IRB, acting as a link with Germany, was arrested soon after landing from a German U-boat. The military leaders, Pádraic Pearse and James Connolly, decided nevertheless to continue with the rebellion. The General Post Office in Dublin was seized along with other strategic buildings in the city. The Irish Republic was proclaimed on 24 April , Easter...
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