The Easter Rising - Dublin, Ireland
The Easter Rising also known as the Easter (or Irish') Rebellion and referred to erroneously in some contemporary British reports as the Sinn Fein Rebellion - an armed insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916, mounted by Irish republicans who aimed to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic (whilst the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in World War I). The General Post Office in Dublin (the Headquarters of the Rebel Republicans) - destroyed
Picture No
10718025
Media ID
45562977
Size
5416px x 3400px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard (1/7)
Date
1916
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