Easter Rising

Easter Rising

The Easter Uprising of 1916 was a pivotal event in Ireland's recent history. Before the Easter Uprising, few in Ireland were overt supporters of the rebels. After the 1916 Uprising, those involved achieved the status of heroes. 

On the morning of Easter Monday, about 1,250 people started a rebellion that Patrick Pearce had labelled an all-but suicidal mission. They set out to capture the most prominent buildings in Dublin. The General Post Office is now most associated with the rebels – though they failed to capture or threaten probably the most important building in Dublin – the castle which served as the headquarters of the British administration in Ireland.

From what we know Patrick Pearse said to his mother, we know that he was all but sure the rebellion would fail.

REFERENCE - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/easter_uprising.html

Why did it happen?

From the time of the great famine in Ireland (1845 - 1847) the Irish had lost pretty much all faith in the British Government; some would even say they lost faith before this. The Irish felt the government never really listened to any of the problems they had so the Irish In theory became like second class citizens to the British.
A small group in Ireland decided enough is enough and rejected the that London had any right to impose rule on them. There idea was to get rid of british rule and make Ireland independent.

were the IRB and Fenians involved?

Ironically, though many in what is now the south wanted independence, they did not support the ways of movements such as the Fenians and the IRB. Given the population of Dublin and the surrounding area, comparatively few people took part in the rebellion. 

REFERENCES

 - Http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/easter_uprising.html

 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Rising

 - http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1910timeline.html

 - Michael McNally (2007). Easter Rising 1916: Birth of the Irish Republic. Westminster: Osprey Publishing Ltd.. p28-88.

 - Richard Killeen (1995). The Easter Rising. High Holborn, London: Thomson Learning. p2-46.

Reflection of research

 I made this page only a few days before I decided to base my work on social class rather than a historical event so I decided as this wasn't directly to do with much of my work not to do a lot on it. However it did teach me a few things about the easter rising that I didn't really know before.