On this day in 1916 , a group of Irish rebels seized key buildings around Dublin and declared national independence.
by Mayomick
On this day in 1916 , a group of Irish rebels seized key buildings around Dublin and declared national independence.
by Mayomick
16 comments
Huh never knew that, mad lads
[removed]
Still had to fight that pesky war of independence a couple of years later though
Terrorists!
Up the Republic till the end
Neither king nor kaiser, but Ireland
Is this a real photo from that day?
Hero’s one and all, I for one am grateful for their sacrifice.
Never heard about it, any more info?
That was a very late easter
Not necessarily. (Sorry for the history nerd)
During the Easter Rising rebels did indeed seize key buildings and issued a document.
Technically they didn’t declare independence (that wasn’t until the Declaration of Independence in 1919 which ratified the Proclamation).
The differences are very subtle and it doesn’t really matter but just felt it needed to be pointed out
🇮🇪
Very late Easter wasn’t it?
Great bunch of lads
Anybody have any recommendations for a book or podcast on the rising and the leaders?
I often feel like I don’t know enough about the people who were the catalyst of the Ireland I live in
If the rebels of 1916 had taken the Shelbourne Hotel instead of digging trenches in Stephen’s Green, they would have had a position of elevated fire, plentiful food and beds. Instead they had to retreat to the Royal College of Surgeons in the Green. I could never understand why they didn’t take the Shelbourne for it’s strategic location.