The Easter Rising[a] was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland in 1916. The rising was started on April 24, 1916 in Dublin by Irish republicans including Irish Socialist James Connolly.[1] The groups involved with the rising include the Irish Volunteers, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Irish Citizens Army, and Cumann Na mBan. After 6 days of fighting the rebels surrendered. In the months following the British executed most leaders of the rising, and imprisoned thousands of participants in prison camps including Frongoch camp in Wales.[2]
Groups Involved
Irish Volunteers
The Irish volunteers were an Irish Republican organization founded in 1913 to oppose Protestant paramilitaries and support Irish national liberation.
Irish Citizens Army
A Socialist republican group founded during the 1913 Dublin Lockout by James Connolly and others.
Notes
- ↑ Irish: Éirí Amach na Cásca
References
- ↑ Francis X. Martin (2019). Leaders and Men of the Easter Rising: Dublin 1916 (p. 105).
- ↑ Maev Kennedy (2015, December 27). "Welsh village summons ghosts of Ireland's revolutionary past" The Guardian.