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5 unusual facts about Easter Rising


Alex Etel

He is currently scheduled to appear in one project: Easter Rising (renamed from Easter Sixteen) set in Dublin during the Easter Rising of 1916.

Easter Rising

The Sherwood Foresters were repeatedly caught in a cross-fire trying to cross the canal at Mount Street.

Blood Upon the Rose is a graphic novel by Gerry Hunt published in 2009, which depicted the events of the Easter Rising.

British Naval Intelligence had been aware of the arms shipment, Casement's return, and the Easter date for the rising through radio messages between Germany and its embassy in the United States that were intercepted by the Navy and deciphered in Room 40 of the Admiralty.

Ernie MacKay

When the 1916 Easter Uprising broke out, Ernest remained in Ireland where he was employed as a Telegram Boy for the GPO in Dublin.


Ardscoil Éanna

It was established in 1939 by James J. O’Byrne, who had been interned in Frongoch in Wales for his role in the Easter Rising in 1916, and Margaret Pearse, sister of Pádraig Mac Piarais who had established Scoil Éanna in Ranelagh in 1908.

Drogheda railway station

It was given the name MacBride on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of John MacBride, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.

Dublin Pearse railway station

The station was renamed in 1966 after the Pearse Family, notably brothers Patrick and Willie as part of the Easter Rising celebrations when many Irish railway stations were renamed.

Fenit

The village and environs were the scene of the ill-fated attempt of Sir Roger Casement and cohorts to land arms at Banna Strand to aid the Easter Rising.

Fionán Lynch

Lynch fought in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916 in the Four Courts garrison with Commandant Edward Daly in North King Street.

Frongoch internment camp

Until 1916 it housed German prisoners of war in an abandoned distillery and crude huts, but in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, the German prisoners were moved and it was used as a place of internment for approximately 1,800 Irish prisoners, among them such notables as Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith.

HM Prison Lewes

During the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, several prominent figures involved in it were held at Lewes Prison, including Éamon de Valera (1882–1975); Thomas Ashe (1885–1917); Frank Lawless (1871–1922); and Harry Boland (1887–1922).

Kevin McCourt

Under McCourt the organization developed and covered several notable events in Ireland including John F. Kennedy's visit to Ireland in 1963, Roger Casement's funeral in 1965 and the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966.

Kilkenny railway station

It was given the name MacDonagh on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of Thomas MacDonagh, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.

Parnell Square

On the south side of the square is Conway's bar, outside of which Pearse surrendered to the British army after the 1916 Easter Rising.

Sam Stephenson

He was the youngest of five sons born to Paddy Joe Stephenson, former Chief Librarian of Dublin and a founder of the Old Dublin Society, who had fought in the 1916 Rising and had helped to restore Kilmainham Gaol.

The Resurrection of Hungary

Instead it was split between republicans (those associated with the Easter Rising in 1916 and who had subsequently joined Sinn Féin) who advocated the creation of a new republic with an elected head of state, and those who advocated the creation of an Irish monarchy, albeit now with a monarch chosen from any royal house but the House of Windsor.


see also

Eilís Dillon

Dillon's family was involved in Irish revolutionary politics; her uncle Joseph Mary Plunkett was a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation and was executed after the Easter Rising.

Irish Convention

For Unionists the war confirmed all their pre-war suspicions that Irish Nationalists could no longer be trusted, contrasting the Easter Rising with their blood sacrifice during the Battle of the Somme, the conscription crisis providing a watershed for Ulster Unionists to withdraw securely into their northern citadel.

Libau

SS Libau, a ship renamed Aud, which attempted to bring arms to Ireland in 1916 under German auspices to aid in the Easter Rising.

Starry Plough

The Plough and the Stars, a play by Sean O'Casey based on the Citizen Army's role in the Easter Rising