DescriptionIrish 1916 Rising ArmbandEmbroidered High quality ReproductionThe “1916 Rising” = The Easter Rising — a republican insurrection in Ireland that began on Easter Monday, 24 April 1916.What it wasA coordinated armed rebellion by Irish republicans (mainly the IRB Irish Volunteers ICA) against British rule. They wanted to establish an independent Irish Republic while the British Empire was pre-occupied in WWI.Key facts – short cleanItemDetailsWhen24–29 April 1916WhereCentres in Dublin mainly small actions in Galway, Wexford, MeathRebelsIrish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), Irish Volunteers, Irish Citizen ArmyOpponentUnited Kingdom forces (British Army RIC)AimEnd British rule declare a RepublicOutcome (immediate)Military defeat after 6 daysOutcome (long-term)Major political shift → support for republicanism rises →Why it mattered historicallyAlthough they were militarily defeated, the executions of the leaders and the heavy-handed British response radically shifted public opinion in Ireland.This → leads to:1917–1918Sinn Féin surge→ 1919Dáil Éireann declared→ 1919–1921War of Independence→ 1922Irish Free StateMain leaders (executed 3–12 May 1916)Patrick PearseJames ConnollyThomas ClarkeJoseph PlunkettTomás MacDonaghÉamonn CeanntOthers: Mallin, Daly, Kent (Kent was shot by firing squad in Cork)The ProclamationOn the steps of the GPO on Sackville Street (now O’Connell St) Pearse read the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, beginning:Irishmen and Irishwomen: In the name of God and of the dead generations…This document is the founding text of modern Irish republicanism.
