Easter Rising Flashcards
What did the Ulster Unionists do? 🇬🇧
They fought alongside the English in WW1.
Redmond causes split in the Volunteers
He asked them to fight in the British army.
170,000 agreed
11,000 disagreed
Mac Neill
Wanted to stay in Ireland. Leader of the Irish Volunteers.
Nationals Volunteers
Joined the Army.
Military Council
Set up to organise the Easter Rising.
Members of the council
Patrick Pearse Joseph Plunkett Thomas MacDonagh Eamonn Ceannt Seán McDermott.
John Connolly
Joined Military Council. Wanted a socialist republic.
Roger Casement
Went to Germany to get guns for the rising. However his ship the ‘Aud’ was captured.
Aud
Arrived off Tralee on April 20th 1916. Captured by the British.
Joseph Plunkett forged
The Castle Document. It stated the British were to arrest the leaders of the volunteers. To encourage MacNeill to fight.
Castle Document
For MacNeill forged by Plunkett.
PATRICK PEARSE
Leader of the Rising.
Blood Sacrifice
The Leaders believed their deaths would motivate Ireland into fighting back against the Brits.
24th of April 1916
Volunteers and the Irish Citizen’s Army seized key building eg: The GPO, Boland’s Mill, College of Surgeons, Jacob’s Factory.
The GPO
Rising hq.
Helga
British gunship
Came up the Liffey shelled GPO Wednesday.
Thursday the 28th
Pearse evacuated the GPO as it was on fire.
Friday 29th
Pearse ordered the Volunteers to surrender.
RESULTS
500 killed. 2,500 injured.
Why were people angry?
Caused food shortages
Damage to the city
Loss of work
Dead civilians.
The British imposed…
Martial Law (military) Killed 15.
Sympathy grew
For the executed as many (Irish and abroad) believed it was unfair.
Media labelled rising as
Sinn Féinn Rising. They weren’t involved though. Grew more popular as a result.
Dates
1916
Monday 24th of April to Saturday 29tg
