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Nationalism - Easter Rising 1916
John Redmond was leader of the IPP who supported Irish self governance and encouraged Irishmen to fight in WW1
IRB led preparations for Easter rising arguing 'England's danger is Ireland's oppotunity'
The 'Aud'
20th April German ship the 'Aud' was carrying weapons for the rebels
ship was intercepted by the British and sunk
Sir Rodger Casement was captured after hearing of these events and Eoin McNeil issued countermanding order to suspend the rising from Easter Sunday (23rd April)
IRB decided to go ahead anyway on Easter Monday
Now confusion and lack of arms
Easter Monday Rising
24th April 1916
involved 1500 rebels
led to 450 dead, 3600 wounded and 3000+ arrested
seized buildings around Dublin including the general post office (GPO)
at the GPO Patrick Pearse issue the procalmation of the Irish Republic
unsuccessful from a military perspective as rebels were forced to surrender after 6 days
Sinn Fein
mistakenly held responsible for the events
won 4 parliamentary by-elections
benefitted from the growing anti-british sentiment in Ireland
decisive victory in the 1918 elections with 73/105 Irish seats
Eamon De Valera one of the rebels shorty after replaced Griffth as Sinn Fein presidents
Conscription
boosted Sinn Fein political standing
Sinn Fein became dominant nationalist party
1918 Lloyd George intened conscription to be introduced in Irelnad
led to a massive anti-conscription campaign
led to one day general srike in April 1918
Led to the execution of 15 key leaders of the rising by the British Government causing public opinion in Ireland to shift automatically in favour of the rebels
Overall marked as a shift from Home Rule demand to complete Irish independence