The Easter Rising

The Easter RisingIn the city of Dublin

1916Researched by Jordan Herbert

During Easter week of 1916 in Dublin, Ireland

Organized by the Irish Republican Brotherhood◦ a secret oath-bound fraternal organization

dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland during the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.

Thomas J. Clarke James Connolly

Members of the IRB

He was the first to sign the Easter Proclamation. He was executed for his role in the Easter Rising.

He was the leader of the Irish Citizen Army. He was executed for his role in the Easter Rising.

“The greatest of the Easter Week Leaders”

Patrick Pearse

Meeting held on September 5, 1914, the day after Britain declared war on Germany, where they decided to stage a rising before the war ended, and to accept whatever help Germany might offer.

Planning

Four different battalions were sent to secure positions throughout the city

Reinforcements were sent in from England

Rising

The Rising was suppressed after seven days of fighting, and its leaders were executed, but it succeeded in bringing physical force republicanism back to the forefront of Irish politics.

Led to the Irish War of Independence

Rising=Fail

The Leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising were buried in the old prison yard of Arbour Hill prison.

The Proclamation of 1916 is inscribed on the wall in both Irish and English.

Aftermath