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). Sackville Street, Dublin, Before and After the uprising. The DBC (Dublin Bread Company) Building extensively Damaged

Burnt Eire Fein Insurrection Nationalism Republicanism Sackville Sectarianism Shells Sinn Violent

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