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EASTER RISING, THE PARTITION OF IRELAND - Coggle Diagram
EASTER RISING
A short rebellion
Monday 24 april
Easter Monday
Sunrise
Windy day
3 Irish organisations
Proclaimed the Irish Republic
Took control of several key buildings
Dublin city centre
Didn't control all of them
The impact of Easter Rising
Easter Rising
Turned all the Irish against
British rule
Important role
Partition of Ireland
Why a rising ?
Irish
Fighting
British Rule
1916
Small group of Irish nationalists
Free Dublin during Easter holidays
Get independance
British forces outnumbered the Irish rebels
British autorities
Taken by surprise by Easter Rising
British
Quickly
Strongly
Irish rebels
Didn't control railway stations or the Dublin docks
British move troups
Crush the Rising
Felt powerless and unable
To resist against the British army
The Irish rebels leaders sentenced to death
Within a few weeks
Rebels leaders involved in the rising were executed
Became heroes and martyrs
Independence
"Grace" song
Huge impact of Easter Rising
Important and meaningful
Part of history
From generation to generation
THE PARTITION OF IRELAND
A long fight
Irish
Always been fighting against British Rule
Since 12th Century
Created their own army
1919
IRA (Irish Reapublican Army)
To fight the British
To get independence
Irish potato famine
1840
Led to more anger and desire for independence
Early 20th century
Groups of Irish men
Plotting independence and rebellion
Ireland split in two
Division of Ireland
After massacres
Bloody Sunday
1920
Croke Park
After revolts and fights
Easter Rising
1916
Turned all the Irish against the English
London
Find a solution
Split the country into two separate regions
To calm down the Irish rebellion
Northern Ireland
Southern Ireland
Irish free state
May 1921