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Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Irish Nationalism

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Conservative Party, Edward Carson, First World War, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, Home Rule opposition, House of Commons, House of Lords, Irish Nationalism, Irish Volunteers, John Dillon, John Redmond, King George V, Liberal Party, National Volunteers, Parliament Act, Patrick Geoghegan, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Covenant, Ulster Day
YouTube - RTE

Ireland 1912-1916: An Animated History from Home Rule to Easter Rising

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Buckingham Palace Conference, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, First World War, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, Home Rule Bill, Irish Nationalism, Irish Volunteers, Liberal Party, Ulster Covenant, Ulster Unionists, UVF
BBC Youtube

BBC’s: The Story of Ireland – Age of Nations

TV programme, 2012
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath, Ireland during WWI, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Anglo-Irish War, Irish Civil War, Reaction to Treaty, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Black and Tans, courts martial, David Lloyd George, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, executions, First World War, Gaelic Revival, Home Rule, internment, IRA, IRB, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Republic, Irish Volunteers, James Craig, Michael Collins, Northern Ireland, Partition, Patrick Pearse, reprisals, RIC, Sinn Féin, Ulster Covenant, UVF
Irish Independent 1916 Collection

Assembling Armies and Acquiring Arms

article, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Augustine Birrell, Conor Mulvagh, Dublin Castle, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Eoin MacNeill, First World War, gun-running, Home Rule, IPP, IRB, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Joseph Plunkett, Patrick Pearse, RIC, Thomas MacDonagh, UVF
NLI 1916

Thomas MacDonagh

leaflet & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, biography, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Thomas MacDonagh, Woodenbridge speech

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Irish Volunteers membership card

membership card, 1913
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Eoin MacNeill, Irish Volunteers
RTE Century Ireland

Irish Volunteers founded in Dublin

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article, 2013
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Arthur Griffith, Eoin MacNeill, Gaelic League, Irish Volunteers, Nationalists, Sinn Féin
Irish Volunteers
Down County Museum

Demonstration of Irish Volunteers at Loughinisland

photograph, 1914
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Irish Volunteers
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Edward Carson

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Edward Carson, gun-running, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule, Irish Volunteers, James Craig, Major Fred Crawford, Partition, Patrick Geoghegan, Ulster Unionist Party, UVF
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

National Museums Ireland

Howth Gun Running, 1914

Photograph, 26 July 1914
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags Eamon de Valera, gun-running, Howth, Irish Volunteers
Daily Telegraph

First Bloodshed in Ireland

newspaper, 27 July 1914
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14 Keywords:Tags British Army, gun-running, Howth, Irish Volunteers, killings

Wikimedia Commons

John Redmond Inspecting the National Volunteers

photograph, c. September 1914
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags First World War, IPP, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, National Volunteers
UCD History Hub

John Redmond’s Woodenbridge speech and the split in the Irish Volunteers

podcast, c.2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags British Army, Conor Mulvagh, Eoin MacNeill, First World War, gun-running, Home Rule, IPP, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, UVF, Woodenbridge speech

NLI 1916

Constitution of the Irish Volunteers

document, 25 October 1914
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags Eoin MacNeill, Irish Volunteers
UCD History Hub

Arthur Griffith, Sinn Fein and the IRB (The Irish Revolution Lecture 3)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Arthur Griffith, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Home Rule, IPP, IRB, Irish Republic, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Michael Collins, Michael Laffan, Patrick Pearse, Sinn Féin
Youtube - TCD

Ireland in Rebellion: Leaders of the 1916 Rising

video clip, 2015
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, Éamonn Ceannt, Gaelic League, General John Maxwell, GPO, IRB, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Patrick Geoghegan, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke
National Library of Ireland 1916 exhibition

Tom Clarke

postcard & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, biography, Easter Rising, executions, GPO, Home Rule, Home Rule Bill, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott, Tom Clarke
RTE Archives

Easter Rising: Recollections of 1916 Veterans

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video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Cumann na mBan, Easter Rising, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers
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
Century Ireland Youtube

The Seven Signatories – Patrick Pearse

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, Easter Rising, Fearghal McGarry, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott
NLI 1916

Éamonn Ceannt

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, biography, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, gun-running, Howth, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, Joseph Plunkett, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott
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
UCD

Eoin MacNeill

photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags biography, Bulmer Hobson, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, Gaelic Revival, IRB, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Tom Clarke, UVF
NLI 1916

Seán McDermott

Photograph & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, biography, Castle document, Easter Rising, GAA, Gaelic League, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, John Redmond, Sean MacDermott, Sinn Féin, Tom Clarke, Woodenbridge speech
NLI 1916

Joseph Plunkett

Image & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, biography, Castle document, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, Joseph Plunkett, Sean MacDermott, Tom Clarke, Woodenbridge speech
Internet Archive

Sinn Fein Rebellion handbook, Easter, 1916

book, 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Dublin, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, Eoin O'Neill, GPO, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke
Century Ireland - YouTube

Seven Signatories of the Easter Rising: James Connolly

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, Easter Rising, Fearghal McGarry, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly
BBC- Voices 16

Planning the Rebellion

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video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Dublin, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, ICA, IRB, IRB Military Council, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott, Tom Clarke
Irish Independent 1916 collection

Planning the Rebellion

article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, IRB, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Tom Clarke

National Museums Ireland

Easter Sunday Manouevres, 1916 / mobilisation order

document, 21 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags Easter Rising, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly

National Museums Ireland

Countermanding Order, 1916 Rising / order

document, 22 April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags countermanding order, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, Irish Volunteers
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

Decade of Centenaries timeline

1916 Proclamation

poster, April 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Keywords:Tags 1916 Proclamation, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, IRB, Irish Citizen Army, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott, Thomas MacDonagh, 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

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
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 Museums Ireland

Public Notice – Arms & Ammunition

poster, 2 May 1916
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags Dublin Castle, Easter Rising, General John Maxwell, ICA, Irish Volunteers
Irish Independent 1916 collection

Sixteen Nails in the Coffin – The Easter Rising

article, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags Dublin, Éamonn Ceannt, Easter Rising, executions, GPO, ICA, Irish Volunteers, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Kilmainham Gaol, Patrick Pearse, Sean MacDermott, surrender, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke
BBC - Story of Ireland

Story of Ireland: Easter Rising Aftermath

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video clip, 2012
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Easter Rising Aftermath Keywords:Tags arrests, Easter Rising, executions, IRA, Irish Volunteers, martial law
Youtube RTE

A Sinn Féin Rebellion? How the Rising gave rise to a new political force

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags by-election, Count Plunkett, Easter Rising, Irish Volunteers, Roscommon, Sinn Féin
RTE Century Ireland

Introducing de Valera – The East Clare by-election and the rise of an Irish political leader

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article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, Arthur Griffith, Eamon de Valera, East Clare, Easter Rising, Eoin MacNeill, IPP, Irish Volunteers, Sinn Féin
Bureau of Military History

An tOglach declares state of War

magazine, February 1919
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, Irish Volunteers
UCD History Hub

Anglo-Irish War/War of Independence (The Irish Revolution Lecture 7)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags Ambush, An tOglach, Anglo-Irish war, armed raids, British government, Dáil Éireann, IRA, Irish Volunteers, Michael Collins, Michael Laffan, military rule, RIC, Soloheadbeg, weapons

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Ballytrain RIC barracks captured and sacked by the IRA.

photograph, 1920
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government, Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags 1920-22 Troubles, Ambush, Anglo-Irish war, armed raids, IRA, Irish Volunteers, RIC

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  • 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
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    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
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