50 Things you didnt know about the 1916 Easter Rising

The 1916 Easter Rising in 15 facts

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How much do you know about the Easter Rising? If you have an interesting story to tell about the history of the Rising or you would like to share your thoughts on the centenary events, please make them heard in the comments section, below. All were executed after the Rising.

MacDonagh and Plunkett were poets. Pearse was a poet and writer as well as a schoolteacher.

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Connolly was born in Scotland but made Ireland his home. He also lived for long stretches in the US. Eamon de Valera , who participated in the Rising and later became a prominent figure in Irish politics, was born in New York and therefore an American citizen.

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This fact e saved him from being executed with his brothers in arms, though historians disagree on this point. De Valera went on to break away from the government following the Anglo-Irish Treaty that implemented partition in Ireland.

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Before his execution, McDermott wrote, "I feel happiness the like of which I have never experienced. I die that the Irish nation might live! Many say the Rising would not have happened without Devoy's work in the US. After hearing the news that a ship carrying German weaponry was captured, the Military Council decided to carry out the insurrection on Monday, April 24, , in an emergency meeting held on Sunday morning, April A countermanding order by Eoin Mac Neill , head of the Irish Volunteers, after a German gunship bearing arms to Ireland, was intercepted caused mass confusion and resulted in many volunteers missing the Rising.

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These details of the proclamation, considered to be treason, ensured certain death by firing squad for the leaders of the Irish Republic if independence was not obtained. Both military strategy and position were the factors that came into play in choosing which buildings to occupy. By Friday, April 28, , the number of British troops rose to about 19, while the Irish Republic groups had only amassed 1, fighters due to mass confusion over the date of the Rising.

Meath was the only town other than Dublin to see significant fighting during the Easter Rising. Connolly, the commander of the Dublin Briga de , was injured early on in the fighting. The position of highest in command then passed on to Pearse. Connolly was so badly injured that he was carried to his execution on a stretcher and then tied to a chair to face the firing squad.

The Rising's failure outside of Dublin was due to the capture of a ship loaded with Russian rifles acquired by Germany in the war. British officials had intelligence about the ship coming from Germany and captured it before any guns reached the shore of Banna Strand outsi de Tralee.

In charge of the gun-running from Germany was Sir Roger Casement , a top British foreign service official, who was later executed. They were kept classified by the British government until A British strategic attack that included artillery strikes on the main rebel stronghold, The General Post Office, led to an unconditional surrender on Saturday, April 29 by Irish Republican leaders, who had escaped the burning building for nearby Moore Street.

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With battles primarily taking place in densely populated areas , the civilian death toll of the Rising was said to be as high as people, and over 2, civilians were injured. The Easter Rising was considered a betrayal at first by many Irish citizens, and the leaders were spat at on their way to jail. It was only when the executions began that the national mood changed. Sixteen leaders of the rising were executed while about 3, more were arrested in connection to the groups.

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