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What did the Ulster Unionists do? 🇬🇧

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They fought alongside the English in WW1.

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Redmond causes split in the Volunteers

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He asked them to fight in the British army.
170,000 agreed
11,000 disagreed

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Mac Neill

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Wanted to stay in Ireland. Leader of the Irish Volunteers.

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Nationals Volunteers

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Joined the Army.

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Military Council

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Set up to organise the Easter Rising.

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Members of the council

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Patrick Pearse
Joseph Plunkett
Thomas MacDonagh
Eamonn Ceannt
Seán McDermott.
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John Connolly

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Joined Military Council. Wanted a socialist republic.

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Roger Casement

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Went to Germany to get guns for the rising. However his ship the ‘Aud’ was captured.

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Aud

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Arrived off Tralee on April 20th 1916. Captured by the British.

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Joseph Plunkett forged

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The Castle Document. It stated the British were to arrest the leaders of the volunteers. To encourage MacNeill to fight.

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Castle Document

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For MacNeill forged by Plunkett.

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PATRICK PEARSE

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Leader of the Rising.

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Blood Sacrifice

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The Leaders believed their deaths would motivate Ireland into fighting back against the Brits.

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24th of April 1916

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Volunteers and the Irish Citizen’s Army seized key building eg: The GPO, Boland’s Mill, College of Surgeons, Jacob’s Factory.

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The GPO

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Rising hq.

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Helga

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British gunship

Came up the Liffey shelled GPO Wednesday.

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Thursday the 28th

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Pearse evacuated the GPO as it was on fire.

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Friday 29th

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Pearse ordered the Volunteers to surrender.

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RESULTS

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500 killed. 2,500 injured.

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Why were people angry?

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Caused food shortages
Damage to the city
Loss of work
Dead civilians.

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The British imposed…

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Martial Law (military)
Killed 15.
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Sympathy grew

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For the executed as many (Irish and abroad) believed it was unfair.

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Media labelled rising as

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Sinn Féinn Rising. They weren’t involved though. Grew more popular as a result.

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Dates

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1916

Monday 24th of April to Saturday 29tg

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