What was the Easter Rising in Ireland during 1916?
Hey I’m no expert, but I took History to a high level in high school, focusing on this period for over a year and have a specific interest in the Easter Rising. To help you with your research the key people involved include Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, Eamonn De Valera and Constance Markievicz. The Easter Rising was an attempt to overthrow the British administration and establish an independent Irish Republic. It began when Padraig Pearse read out the “Proclamation of the Irish Republic” in front of the G.P.O in O’Connell Street (then known as Sackville Street) in Dublin on Easter Monday 1916. The men involved were members of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Army (which had nothing to do with the terrorist organisation the I.R.A that became active in the 1960s). They took over key buildings in the city such as the G.P.O., Bolands Mills and the Jacobs’ Factory. There was one leader in each building. All groups barricaded themselves into the buildings. By Wednesday, the B
