Easter Rising

language and literary movement can be seen to have not only encouraged Irish nationalism and separatism, but also fed the flames of Anglophobia which can thus be interpreted as a catalyst in inspiring the imaginations for those who later led the 1916 Easter Rising. The revival of Irish language and literature had a notable effect on the course of Irish politics leading up to partition. It ultimately brought forth a keener understanding of Ireland’s culture, traditions, history and grievances, and romanticised

particular at the GAA in Dublin City and County, and how it was impacted by the Easter Rising, after which the Chairman of the Dublin County Board, Harry Boland, along with other important figures in some areas of the county, including Thomas Ashe, had been

The Easter Rising is commonly regarded as one of Ireland’s most patriotic moments, similar to the United State’s Revolutionary War. This rebellion was the result of decades of nationalism and a group of independence seeking Irishmen seeing an opportunity with England being tied up in the First World War. They were not going to let this chance pass, and they orchestrated a very secretive plan with many different moving parts, relying almost entirely upon receiving weapons from Germany and catching

The role of Michael Joseph O’Rahilly (also known as “The O’Rahilly”) in the Easter Rising of 1916, is not much talked about, and this, in my opinion, makes it all the more fascinating. Many would feel, that he has, in a sense, been ‘written out of history’. O’Rahilly was a man who believed that the Irish people could not achieve independence of the British without confrontation in an armed struggle. It was for this reason that he joined played a large part in the foundation of the Irish Volunteers

1916 Easter Rising and the impact the Easter Rising had on the GAA in Dublin after April 1916. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the background of the GAA in Dublin from it's formation in 1886 up to 1914, including the nationalit aspect of the Association at that time. The formation of the Irish Volunteers will also be examined in great detail, as will the involvement of the members of the GAA in Dublin in the Great War. The central part of the thesis will be the 1916 Easter Rising and the

W.B. Yeat’s poem, Easter 1916, details the speaker’s feelings of Nationalism and heartache as he remembers those that he lost in the Easter Rising. As the speaker reflects on the time before the rising, he remembers not only how his life has changed but also how his friends and companions had transformed both in their character and in their state of being. The speaker uses metaphors to visualize the unchanging goal of Irish freedom and the coming of nights that bring about death and heartache. In

Both men first met when Connolly was kidnapped by the IRB. And so Collins was at Connolly's side in the GPO when the leader was shot in the ankle and thigh, and later when he was brought to the Rotunda hospital to surrender. On the Easter Monday, Patrick Pearce had read out the proclamation of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic to amazed onlookers in the porch of the GPO. While other volunteer Companies secured other strategic buildings around the city. Later that evening

the Easter Rising, Anglo-Irish War, Treaty Negotiations and the Civil War. Although he was only active over a relatively short period of time, his significance in such events was profound. His public image changed throughout the years, from one of the UKs most wanted men to a reasonable politician. In 1916 during the Easter Rising his role was relatively low key, but by 1922 he ultimately gave his life in the Civil War for what he believed in. Michael Collins took part in the Easter Rising in

The effects of war as a theme in W.B.Yeats’s Easter 1916 and An Irish Airman Foresees His Death Easter 1916 and An Irishman Foresees His Death are poems which were written by William Butler Yeats. Easter 1916 was written to relive the Easter Rising, an event which occurred in Ireland during Easter in the year 1916 to confirm its independence and national identity from British. An Irishman Foresees His Death was written as a tribute to Major Robert Gregory who had died while fighting for his

2016 marks the 100th commemoration of the Ireland’s Easter Uprising. This was celebrated by a variety of people, then and now. The beginning of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic began with, “Irish men and Irish women (...).” This was one of the few times that women were seen on the same level as their male counterparts. Women played an important role in the rebellion in an era dominated by men. This was an important rebellion where women were just as valuable as men. Women helped to nurse and