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1916
Preparing for the Rising
MacNeill only believed in a Rising if it had a serious hope of succeeding, and was an obstacle to the IRB
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Right up until the days before the Rising, they kept him in the dark about their plans
Authorities in Dublin castle were deceived by the secrecy of the militart council of the IRB. as all previous rebel movements had been full of British spies, the leaders kept strict control over information
the volunteers were not regarded as a significant threat, and not believed to have enough weapons for an armed rebellion
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Castle Document
on wednesday April 19th the Military Council published a forged note known as the Castle Document in the newspapers
it was writtten on official Dublin Castle paper and contained a list of people that the British authorities were supposedly trying to imprison
the list contained the names of members of the Volunteers, so MacNeill told his followers to resist arrest
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on thursday 20th April, Pearse admitted to MacNeill thar a rising was planned
the following day, MacNeill was informed about the arrival of a german ship with arms and ammunition
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on the same day the Aud arrived in tralee bay, but failed to rendezvous with the Volunteers, the captain sailed it to Cork harbour and sank it
casement landed from a german submarine at banna strand and was immediately arrested, he had been coming to say the arms were not sufficient for a rising
Having lernt of the fate of the Aud, MacNeill published a note in the Sunday Independent on Easter Sunday cancelling all Volunteers manouevers for that day
that evening members of the IRB army council met in Liberty hall, despite the loss of arms they planned the rising for the next day
Planning a Rising
supreme council saw planning the rising as a matter of extreme urgency, as they didnt know how long the war would last
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by the middle of 1915 Redmond's popularity had fallen considerably, casualties in the war were high and there was no immediate prospect of Home Rule
In 1915 Carson joined a coalition government in 1915, and unionists had a strong influence right at the heat of the British Government. this was further proof to the IRB that Home Rule was a distant prospect
On a hidden level, members of the supreme council planned an actual rising, initally for autumn 1915, but changed this to Easter 1916.
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the german authorities didn't believe that Ireland had the capacity to stage a serious rising in Ireland, and only agreed to send a shipload of arms and ammunition to ireland instead of the large numbers of troops and weapons that casement had hoped
Rising Breaks Out
as volunteers moved to their positions around the city on the morning of 24 April 1916, few onlookers thought anything was going to happen
a number of strategic buildings were now occupied, including the GPO on Sackville Street,, which the rebels chose as their headquarters.
the volunteers and citizen army seized seven strongholds: The GPO, the Royal College of Surgeons, the Four Courts, the South Dublin Union, the Mendicity Institute, Jacobs Factory and Bolands Mills, an attempt to capture Dublin Castle failed
the rebels raised the tricolour over the GPO, and padraig Pearse read out the Proclamation from the steps
the British soon rushed in reinforcements from the Curragh, Athlone and Britain
general John Maxwell was given full powers to put down the rebellion, gradually British forces encircled the city centre and moved in on rebel strongholds
a gunboat, the Helga, sailed down the river Liffey and shelled the GPO and Liberty Hall
there was massive loss of life, injury and damage to property. over 450 people, including 300 civilians were killed.
Pearse agreed to an unconditional surrender on Friday 28th April, and he instructed the other garrisons to surrender as well
Padraig Pearse
one of the leading public figures in ireland with the belief that ireland was a seperate nation with its own ancient culture and was entitled to complete independence
was deeply influenced by the gaelic revival, especially the Gaelic League.
believed that english infleunce was destroying irish identity, and that if patriots died for ireland it would change the outlook of the irish people
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glorified WW1, and believed that even if the Rising failed, the blood shed by the rebels would inspire future generations to rise up
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James Connolly
as a socialist, believed Irish workers would never be treated right under British rule. in his mind a rising was a prelude to a more equal Ireland.
After J.Larkin's departure in 1914 came to control the Irish Transport and General Workers Union as well as the Citizens Army.
IRB recruited Connolly in early 1916, after he looked at risk of leading the citizen army on a rebellion on the own, which would interfere dangerously with their own plans
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