Éirí Amach na Cásca

A Terrible Beauty

On Easter Monday 1916, over 1,200 Irishmen, women and youths led by Prominent Republican, Padraic Pearse of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) seized key buildings around Dublin City Centre to proclaim an Irish Socialist Republic outside the General Post Office (GPO) in Sackville Street. Under the new name of the IRA (Oglaigh Na hEireann) armed Republicans fought British troops over the next week and changed the course of Irish history forever. The Rising was the beginning of the end of the centuries-old imperialist occupation of Ireland amid thousands of killings, executions and injuries.

With vastly superior numbers and artillery, insurgents and civilians in and around Dublin were attacked by thousands of imperialist troops, heavy machine guns, incendiary shells and a British Naval vessel. Whilst their comrades in Counties Galway, Meath and Cork also rose against British rule.

Remember Ireland's Dead

Due to the huge suffering of the civilian population, the IRA ordered an end to hostilities on April, 29th with the agreement of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic. All the participants were arrested and incarcerated by the British, with sixteen senior Volunteers were executed on the orders of the Westminster Government.

Arbour Hill, where the executed Rising Leaders are buried