Easter Rising, April 24,1916

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Easter Rising, April 24,1916

• Dublin

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Contexts

• Home Rule
• 3rd Home Rule Bill introduced in English
  Parliament in 1912.
• Despite Ulster Unionist Opposition, it seemed
  likely to pass.
• House of Lords could delay passage for two years,
  but could not veto it.
• War World I changed everything. Home Rule became
  law on Sept. 28, 1914, but suspended until after
  the war, which was supposed to be short.
• John Redmond, the leader of the Irish
  Parliamentary Party, urged support for the
  British war effort against Germany.

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Irish Nationalism

• Sinn Féin (Ourselves) founded by Arthur
  Griffith in 1905.
• Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) founded 1848.
  New generation takes over in the 20th c. Thomas
  Clarke and Sean MacDermott. Founded the Irish
  Volunteers, a paramilitary group, in 1913.
• Gaelic League (cultural)

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Dublin Lockout 1913

• James Larkinfounded Irish Transport and General
  Workers Union in 1908.
• Led the union against Dublin United Tramway
  Company, owned by William Martin Murphy. He ran
  Dublins biggest newspaper, department store, and
  hotel.
• Employees strike and then face lockout. Violent
  protests, but after six months, its clear they
  will lose.
• Larkin leaves for the US, and James Connolly
  takes his place.

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Irish Citizen Army

• Founded in 1913 to help locked out men defend
  themselves.
• Connolly starts to train and drill them.
• Counter to the Ulster Volunteer Force, which had
  organized and trained in the north.

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Preparing the Rising

• IRB organizers Thomas Clarke, Sean MacDermott,
  Patrick Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett,
  James Connolly, and Thomas MacDonagh
• James Connolly brings in the Irish Citizen Army
• Eoin MacNeill and the Irish Volunteer Force. He
  caught on to what was being planned and ordered
  his men not to take part in it.
• Hope for German support

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General Post Office
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Cumann na mBan The Womens Association
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Executions (ordered by Sir John Maxwell, British
Commander)

• James Connolly
• Patrick Pearse
• Thomas Clarke
• Sean MacDermott
• Joseph Plunkett
• Thomas MacDonagh
• Eamonn Ceant
• 8 others

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Eamon De Valera

• Spared, probably because he could claim U.S.
  citizenship (born in NY to Spanish father and
  Irish mother)
• Britain needed American aid for WWI efforts.

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De Valera Arrest Photo (see p. 156)
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