1916 Easter Rising Flashcards
Irish volunteers
Stayed in Ireland to make sure Britain kept home rule
What did the irb see ww1
As a chance to win Irish independence
Who was on the military council
Padraig Pearse ,Eamonn ceantt , Sean mc Dermott, Thomas Clarke, Joseph plunkett, Thomas Mac donagh an late James collony
Who want to Germany to buy guns and what happened
Roger casement went to buy guns on the aud but it got captured because is landed early
how was Eoin Mac Neil tricked
Joseph plunkett forged a document called the castle document which stated the g British were going to capture leaders of the volunteers and Mac Neil told the volunteers to get ready to resist arrest.
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What did Mac Neil find out on Easter Sunday
That the aud had been captured and that the castle document was a forgery
So he cancelled the rebellion and published in the newspaper that the rising was cancelled
What ideal were the rebels influenced by
The blood sacrifice ideal ( they knew there was no hope of success but wanted to inspire others)
What buildings were used
GPO ,four courts, bolands mill, Jacobs factory, college of surgeons , south Dublin Union, town hall, mendicity institution, st Stephens green
What did pearse read out
The proclamation of the Irish republic
Who were the signatures of the proclamation
7 James Connolly, padraig pearse, eamonn ceantt, Thomas Clarke ,Sean Mc Dermott and tomas Mac donagh
Who was in charge of the different buildings
GPO (Pearse). College of surgeons ( malli
Four courts (Daly ) St Stephens green ( markovic
Mendicity institution ( Heuston )
South Dublin Union (ceannt
Jacobs factory ( Mac donagh)
Bolands mill ( de Valera
Where was the head quarters
GPO
What was the British reaction
They were surprised at first
On Tuesday 6000 troops arrived
Wednesday the helga went up the Liffey shelling the GPO
What did the Irish do when the British attacked
On Friday Pearse ordered the evacuation of the GPO
They moved to Moore street
On 3:30 on Saturday Pearse surrendered
Why did the rising fail
No countrywide rebellion the British could focus on Dublin
Takin key positions in Dublin meant easy for brush to surround them and being beside the liffey mean the helga could shell GPO and bad tactics
They were outnumbered by the British who were better trained and armed
