The Easter Rising

17th Sept 2013 class 7

THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS

After the unsuccessful rebellion the IRB renamed themselves. Their new name was The Irish Volunteers.

John Redmond and Eoin Mac Neill

In 1914 with World War 1 starting the Irish Volunteers spilt into two groups, the National Volunteers and the Irish Volunteers. The National Volunteers led by John Redmond said they should go over and help the British, but on the other hand the Irish Volunteers led by Eoin Mac Neill disagreed. They thought we should fight the British as they were at their weakest. The National Volunteers went to fight Germany with the British.

The Irish Citizen Army.

The Irish Citizen Army was formed in November 1913 by James Connolly. After the outbreak of World War 1 the Irish Citizen Army and the Irish Volunteers joined together to start planning the rising

The planning of the Rising

IRB began planning for the rising. Patrick Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett , Thomas Clarke , Sean Mac Dermott , James Connolly and Thomas Mac Donagh secretly drew up the plans for the rising.They set the date for the rising on Easter Sunday 1916.

The Confusions

Eoin Mac Neill was not in favour of the rebellion if there was not a strong chance they would win. He sent Roger Casement to Germany to get arms and money. On the way home the British intercepted the ship. The ship with the arms was sank. When Eoin Mac Neill heard this he cancelled the rebellion. But Thomas Mac Donagh wrote a letter saying they were to go ahead on Easter Monday.

The Buildings .
They all gathered outside Liberty Hall and marched to various buildings around Dublin . The GPO, The Four Courts, South Dublin, Jacobs factory, the Royal College of Surgeons, St Stephens Green and Boland's Mill.

Proclamation
On the steps of their headquarters Patrick Pearse read the Proclamation. He said Ireland was a Republic. They took down the British flag and rose a green white and orange flag which said Ireland was a Republic.

Dublin Castle
The British base was Dublin Castle. The British surrounded the GPO not letting anything in or out.

Snipers
The British put snipers on top of Trianity College and Shelbourne Hotel. The Shelbourne Hotel is very near St Stephens Green so the volunteers moved to the Royal College Of Surgeons .

O Connell Street
Much of OConnell Street was now in flames. James Connolly had got shot in the ankle in Middle Abbey Street. He was brought back to the GPO. At this point Liberty hall had been bombed.

Clerys and The Imperial Hotel

Two big buildings had been bombed; Clerys and the Imperial Hotel.

The end of the rising

At this point over 200 people had died and 2000 were wounded. The Rebels decided to surrender. Elizabeth O Farrell walked down O Connell street carrying a white flag. The Rising had finished.

Afterwards
Over 300 people hap been arrested. Ninety of those people were sentenced to death.The 15 people who signed the Proclamation were also sentenced to death. The would be killed by firing squad.

Countess Markievicz
Countess Markievicz was one of the people sentenced to death but that did not happen. Instead she was sentenced to life in jail.

Eamon de Valera
Eamon de Valera was sentenced to death but this did not happen as he was a American citizen.

James Connolly.
James Connolly was sentenced to death, but as he could not stand, they strapped him to a chair and killed him.

The Public.
The public were not very happy with the British killing these men. They changed their minds very quickly. They went from hating these men to being 100 percent behind them.

Sinn Fein
Everyone thought Sinn Fein had been responsible for the Rising. Arthur Griffith had founded Sinn Fein in 1905. In 1918 two years after the rising Sinn Fein won the general election.

Joseph Plunkett.
Joseph Plunkett was sentenced to death on the 4th of May. Joseph Plunkett also had tuberculosis . Joseph Plunkett was engaged to an artist. Her name was Grace Grifford. They let Joseph Plunkett marry Grace the morning of his execution. They were together as husband and wife for a few hours.

Homework Q 1-4 pg 367