Easter Rising

Question 1

What did the Ulster Unionists do? 🇬🇧

Answer 1

They fought alongside the English in WW1.

Question 2

Redmond causes split in the Volunteers

Answer 2

He asked them to fight in the British army.
170,000 agreed
11,000 disagreed

Question 3

Mac Neill

Answer 3

Wanted to stay in Ireland. Leader of the Irish Volunteers.

Question 4

Nationals Volunteers

Answer 4

Joined the Army.

Question 5

Military Council

Answer 5

Set up to organise the Easter Rising.

Question 6

Members of the council

Answer 6

Patrick Pearse
Joseph Plunkett
Thomas MacDonagh
Eamonn Ceannt
Seán McDermott.

Question 7

John Connolly

Answer 7

Joined Military Council. Wanted a socialist republic.

Question 8

Roger Casement

Answer 8

Went to Germany to get guns for the rising. However his ship the ‘Aud’ was captured.

Question 9

Aud

Answer 9

Arrived off Tralee on April 20th 1916. Captured by the British.

Question 10

Joseph Plunkett forged

Answer 10

The Castle Document. It stated the British were to arrest the leaders of the volunteers. To encourage MacNeill to fight.

Question 11

Castle Document

Answer 11

For MacNeill forged by Plunkett.

Question 12

PATRICK PEARSE

Answer 12

Leader of the Rising.

Question 13

Blood Sacrifice

Answer 13

The Leaders believed their deaths would motivate Ireland into fighting back against the Brits.

Question 14

24th of April 1916

Answer 14

Volunteers and the Irish Citizen’s Army seized key building eg: The GPO, Boland’s Mill, College of Surgeons, Jacob’s Factory.

Question 15

The GPO

Answer 15

Rising hq.

Question 16

Helga

Answer 16

British gunship

Came up the Liffey shelled GPO Wednesday.

Question 17

Thursday the 28th

Answer 17

Pearse evacuated the GPO as it was on fire.

Question 18

Friday 29th

Answer 18

Pearse ordered the Volunteers to surrender.

Question 19

RESULTS

Answer 19

500 killed. 2,500 injured.

Question 20

Why were people angry?

Answer 20

Caused food shortages
Damage to the city
Loss of work
Dead civilians.

Question 21

The British imposed…

Answer 21

Martial Law (military)
Killed 15.

Question 22

Sympathy grew

Answer 22

For the executed as many (Irish and abroad) believed it was unfair.

Question 23

Media labelled rising as

Answer 23

Sinn Féinn Rising. They weren’t involved though. Grew more popular as a result.

Question 24

Dates

Answer 24

1916

Monday 24th of April to Saturday 29tg