Ireland 1916-1923 - The Struggle For Independence🐣👩⚖️ Flashcards
(11 cards)
Planning the rising : Preparations
Who had infiltrated many organisations in Ireland and what organisations were they?
After the outbreak of WWI what did the IRB leaders begin to do?
What had been put on hold?
What did the IRB believe?
The IRB formed what?
Who were some of its members?
What did the military council need?
Why was the rising planned for Easter Sunday?
Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB)
Gaa, Sinn Fein, Irish volunteer force (IVF)
Plan a rising
Home Rule
That Britain’s difficulty was Irelands opportunity - that Britain was distracted elsewhere so now was the perfect time to strike
A secret military council
Thomas Clarke, Padraig Pearse, Joseph Plunkett
Weapons and ammunition
Pearse believed in blood sacrifice and was symbolically linked to christs sacrifice on the cross during Easter
Blood sacrifice
That they would give up their lives for the good of the future of Ireland
Planning the rising : Preparations
What did the military council learn?
Who did the military council convince to join?
That James Connolly was also preparing for a rising
James Connolly
Planning the rising : involvement of the Irish Volunteers
Who was head of the IVF?
What did the military council do
Eoin MacNeill
Forged a document saying Britain planned to disarm the IVF and so they decided to join the rising
Planning the rising : The plans go wrong
What was the Aud?
What happened to the Aud?
What did Eoin MacNeill find out?
The carried the arms and ammunition for the rising
It was captured by the British navy in Tralee bay on the Friday before Easter
That the document was forged and cancelled his participation in the rising
The 1916 Easter rising - The rising goes ahead
What did pearse think?
What happened Easter morning?
What locations did they occupy?
What did Pearse and Connolly occupy and make headquarters ?
That the British wouldn’t expect this after the loss of the Aud
1,500 volunteers and members of the Irish citizen army marched from liberty Hall to various city centre buildings
GPO
Jacob’s Factory
Four courts
Stephen’s green
Royal college of surgeons
The GPO
The 1916 Easter Rising : Britain’s response
After a day the British….
The Helga was brought up the Liffey and?
By Friday what was clear?
What did the military Pearse do?
Outnumbered the rebels by 5,000
Shelled the GPO
The rebels has been defeated
Surrender unconditionally
Why did the rising fail?
- Lack of weapons and ammunition
- Only a small number of Irish fighters took part
- So much confusion leading up to the rising
- Britain had greater number of soldiers and more weapons
- rebels based themselves in areas they could be easily surrounded
- many civilians didn’t realise the significance of the Venetian until after
Consequences of the Easter Rising:
485 were killed
Damage to buildings and property
Compensation claims
3,000 people were sent to British prisons
Ninety leaders of the rising were sentenced to death
Sinn Féin’s popularity surged
Commemorating the Easter Rising
Define commemoration
Ceremony in which a person or an event is remembered
The Rise of Sinn Fein and the first Dáil - Rise of Sinn Fein
