The Easter Uprising took place in April 1916 in Dublin, It is one of the biggest things that has happened in Irish History. The Easter Rebellion, was an armed violent uprising against an authority or government staged in Ireland during the Easter Week of 1916.The uprising was started by Irish republicans with the thought of ending British rule in Ireland. They planned on establishing an independent Irish Republic when the United Kingdom was fighting in World War I. It was one of the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798. This was a huge deal for Ireland and for the United Kingdom. This uprising lasted for six days in total. Many people joined this uprising even teachers and kids. Only 1,600 out of the 5,000 planned to go showed up at the Liberty Hall. The rebels then declared Ireland an independent republic. Despite the rebels thoughts the public did not help them. The government and police forces quickly took them out. Despite only 64 rebels killed there was many police officers and civilians hurt in the crossfire. 15 of the uprising leads were executed because the started the uprising. Many of the civilians didn't want to get involved because they knew that something bad was going to happen to them like get killed or be executed for doing this. The people of Ireland knew that the people going against british rule would not win due to the significant number advantage british had.
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