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    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
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Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland – Ulster will fight

TV programme, 1980
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags 1910 general election, Arthur Griffith, British Army, Conservative Party, Curragh Incident, Edward Carson, Exclusion of Ulster, Gaelic League, Gaelic Revival, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, IPP, IRB, James Connolly, Liberal Party, National Volunteers, Parliament Act, Sinn Féin, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Unionists, UVF
UCD History Hub

The Home Rule Party (The Irish Revolution Lecture 2)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Responsibility for Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, British Army, British government, Buckingham Palace Conference, Conservative Party, Curragh Incident, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Exclusion of Ulster, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule opposition, House of Lords, Hubert Gough, IPP, John Dillon, John Redmond, King George V, Liberal Party, Lord Landsdowne, Michael Laffan, Nationalists, Parliament Act, Partition, Southern Unionists, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Unionists, UVF, Winston Churchill
RTE Century Ireland

Ireland’s Opportunity? The First World War & 1916

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article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, Bulmer Hobson, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Eoin MacNeill, First World War, Gaelic League, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule Bill, House of Commons, IPP, IRB, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Liberal Party, National Volunteers, Nationalists, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, UVF
RTE Century Ireland

The Curragh Crisis

article, 2014
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, Curragh Incident, General Arthur Paget, gun-running, Home Rule opposition, Hubert Gough, Irish Volunteers, RIC, UVF
RTE Archives

Ireland and the Great War

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exhibition, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags British Army, enlistment, First World War, Flanders, John Redmond, Mons, recruitment
RTE Archives

Easter Rising: Recollections of British Soldiers

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video clip, 1980
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British Army, Easter Rising
Youtube BBC

Robert Kee’s Ireland: The Rising

TV programme, 1980
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, British Army, courts martial, Dublin, Eamon de Valera, Éamonn Ceannt, enlistment, Eoin MacNeill, executions, First World War, GPO, Home Rule, internment, IRB, Irish Nationalism, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, National Volunteers, Patrick Pearse, police, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke
RTE Archives

The Easter Rising

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video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British Army, Cathal Brugha, Cumann na mBan, Dublin, Eamon de Valera, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, GPO, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: The Fighting of Easter Week

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, Aud, British Army, Castle document, Countess Markievicz, Dublin, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, gun-running, Helga, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, killings, Patrick Geoghegan, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott, surrender, Tom Clarke
RTE Century Ireland

Chronology of the Easter Rising

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article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Augustine Birrell, British Army, Bulmer Hobson, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, IRB, Irish Volunteers, Patrick Pearse, RIC, Roger Casement
Hansard

Continuance of Martial Law – John Dillon

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debate, 11 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, courts martial, Easter Rising, executions, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, General John Maxwell, Herbert Asquith, House of Commons, IPP, John Dillon, martial law, Sinn Féin

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Rounding up the Rebels

photograph, April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British Army, Dublin, Dublin Castle, Easter Rising, Irish Volunteers, prisoners

IWM

Irish Surrender Document

document, 29 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British Army, Easter Rising, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, surrender

National Museums Ireland

Official communique from Dublin Castle

document, 29 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British Army, Countess Markievicz, Dublin, Germany, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Sinn Féin
Easter 1916 An tÓglách Accounts

An tÓgláċ The Defence of the G.P.O. Accounts

article, 1926
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British Army, Dublin, Easter Rising, GPO, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly
National Archives

The Courts-martial of the 1916 leaders

article, 2019
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, courts martial, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, executions, Fearghal McGarry, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, General John Maxwell, Herbert Asquith, ICA, IRA, IRB, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke

National Museums Ireland

Thomas Clarke, 1916 / death certificate

certificate, 2 June 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British Army, courts martial, Easter Rising, executions, Tom Clarke

National Museums Ireland

The last letter written by Seán Mac Diarmada (Sean MacDermott)

letter, 11 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British Army, Easter Rising, executions, Kilmainham Gaol, Sean MacDermott

IWM

Proclamation of Martial Law

poster, 25 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags British Army, Dublin, Dublin Castle, Easter Rising, Lord Wimbourne, martial law, police
UCD History Hub

The Easter Rising (The Irish Revolution Lecture 4)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Augustine Birrell, British Army, courts martial, Dublin, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, executions, GPO, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Michael Laffan, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke
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Royal Commission on Arrest and subsequent treatment of Mr. Francis Sheehy Skeffington

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document, August 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags British Army, Easter Rising, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Royal Commission
National Archives

Ireland – Compulsory Military Service

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document, 27 March 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags British Army, British government, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, General Bryan Mahon, General Byrne, Military Service Bill, Nationalists, RIC, War Cabinet
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: War of Independence

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, assassination, Black and Tans, Bloody Sunday, British Army, Dáil Éireann, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, First Dáil, flying columns, guerilla warfare, hunger strike, IRA, Kevin Barry, killings, Michael Collins, Patrick Geoghegan, Republican Courts, RIC, Soloheadbeg, Terence MacSwiney, Tom Barry, Tomas MacCurtain, Walter Long

IWM

The IRA suspects lined up outside barracks after a roundup

photograph, 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags British Army, IRA, prisoners, RIC
National Archives UK

The Irish Situation – April 1920

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document, 3 April 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, British Army, David Lloyd George, Edward Carson, guerilla warfare, IRA, Lord French, police, RIC, Sinn Féin, Walter Long

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Black and Tans on patrol in Dublin

photograph, 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Black and Tans, British Army, Dublin, police, RIC
History Ireland

The burning of Cork, December 1920

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article, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, Black and Tans, British Army, Burning of Cork City, fire brigade, IRA, Michael Collins, police, reprisals, RIC, Sinn Féin, Tom Barry
National Archives UK

Terms of the Armstice

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document, 9 July 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Truce Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, British Army, British government, RIC, truce
National Archives UK

Irish Settlement: Proposals of the British government

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document, 20 July 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Arthur Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, British government, Council of Ireland, Eamon de Valera, James Craig, Northern Ireland, oath of allegiance, RIC

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  • Anglo-Irish war,
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  • Arthur Griffith,
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  • Dublin,
  • Dáil Éireann,
  • Eamon de Valera,
  • Easter Rising,
  • Edward Carson,
  • Eoin MacNeill,
  • executions,
  • First World War,
  • Government of Ireland Act,
  • Herbert Asquith,
  • Home Rule,
  • Home Rule opposition,
  • House of Commons,
  • IPP,
  • IRA,
  • IRB,
  • Irish Free State,
  • Irish Volunteers,
  • James Connolly,
  • James Craig,
  • John Redmond,
  • Michael Collins,
  • Nationalists,
  • Northern Ireland,
  • Northern Ireland government,
  • Partition,
  • Patrick Pearse,
  • pro-treaty forces,
  • RIC,
  • Sean MacDermott,
  • Sinn Féin,
  • Third Home Rule Bill,
  • Thomas MacDonagh,
  • Tom Clarke,
  • Ulster Unionists,
  • Unionists,
  • UVF,
  • Third Home Rule Bill Crisis
    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
  • Political Developments
    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
  • Political Developments
    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Reaction to the Treaty
    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
  • Northern Ireland
    1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
  • Study & Exam Resources
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