The Easter Rising and the Irish war of indipendence
'Irish Question'
tragic events
the fight for
Irish Indipendence
word war I
Irish volunteers
rebellion (Easter Monday 1916)
Irish republic
the uprising
Britain weakness
Irish indipendence
about 700 Republicans
rebellion
strategic points in Dublin
the main post office
election 1918
defeated
legendary symbols of Irish heroism
VS oppression
The Sinn Fein Party('ourselves alone')
won all the seats
NO in the province of Ulster
Irish parliament in Dublin, the Dàil
Irish republic
1919 Irish volunteers
the IRA(Irish Republic Army)
civil war( easter, 1920)
1921=Irish free state ( Eamon de Vàlera, 1882-1975)
six protestant counties of Ulster
United Kingdom
parliament in Belfast
in 1948 the official republic of Ireland Act
end to Commonwealth membership