easter rising 1916 for hundreds of years ireland had been waiting for its independence. the...
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- EASTER RISING 1916
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- For hundreds of years Ireland had been waiting for its Independence. The rebellion started in 1916.
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- The rebels seized the G.P.O and Pdraig Pearse reads the proclamation.
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- The British attacked the College of Surgeons.
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- British attack Liberty Hall, Bolands Mills and Mount Street Bridge.
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- This ferocious fight that took place on Sackville Street and James Street, wounded and killed many people.
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- By 4pm the General Post Office was on fire. The building was in ruins.
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- At 2:30pm Pearse was taken to see General Maxwell and he wrote out the surrender document.
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- The people executed were either shot or hanged.
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- James Connolly was so wounded that the British had to tie him up in a chair to shoot him.
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- After 1916 The British introduced conscription which caused an Irish civil war in later years.