Easter Rising

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Irish revolutionary event armed insurrection historical event rebellion

The Easter Rising was a 1916 armed insurrection in Ireland aimed at ending British rule and establishing an independent Irish Republic, which became a pivotal event in the struggle for Irish independence.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
1916 Easter Rising 3
Easter Rising of 1916 3
Easter Rebellion 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish revolutionary event ⓘ
armed insurrection ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Easter Rising ⓘ
surface form: Easter Rebellion
belligerent Cumann na mBan ⓘ
Irish Citizen Army ⓘ
Irish Volunteers ⓘ
Irish republicans ⓘ
casualties significant civilian casualties in Dublin ⓘ
commander General John Maxwell ⓘ
General William Lowe ⓘ
James Connolly ⓘ
Patrick Pearse ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual state ceremonies in Dublin ⓘ
commemoratedOn Easter Monday in Ireland ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dateOfProclamation 1916-04-24 ⓘ
document Proclamation of the Irish Republic ⓘ
endDate 1916-04-29 ⓘ
executions execution of 15 leaders by firing squad ⓘ
goal end British rule in Ireland ⓘ
establish an independent Irish Republic ⓘ
inspired Irish War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyEvent Proclamation of the Irish Republic ⓘ
seizure of the General Post Office in Dublin ⓘ
shelling of central Dublin by British artillery ⓘ
surrender of rebel forces ⓘ
leader James Connolly ⓘ
Joseph Plunkett ⓘ
Patrick Pearse ⓘ
Seán Mac Diarmada ⓘ
Thomas J. Clarke ⓘ
Thomas MacDonagh ⓘ
Éamonn Ceannt ⓘ
location County Louth ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ
Galway ⓘ
County Meath ⓘ
surface form: Meath

Wexford ⓘ
opponent British Army ⓘ
Royal Irish Constabulary NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext Home Rule crisis ⓘ
Irish nationalism ⓘ
result execution of rebel leaders ⓘ
increased support for Irish independence ⓘ
martyrdom status for executed leaders ⓘ
precursor to the Irish War of Independence ⓘ
radicalization of Irish public opinion ⓘ
rise of Sinn Féin as major political force ⓘ
suppression of the rebellion by British forces ⓘ
significance pivotal event in the struggle for Irish independence ⓘ
turning point in Anglo-Irish relations ⓘ
startDate 1916-04-24 ⓘ
timePeriod World War I ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter Rising → alsoKnownAs → Easter Rising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Rebellion
this entity surface form: Easter Rising leaders
Irish tricolour → associatedWith → Easter Rising ⓘ
Royal Irish Constabulary → conflict → Easter Rising ⓘ
General Post Office, Dublin → damagedIn → Easter Rising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Rising of 1916
O’Connell Street → hasHistoricalEvent → Easter Rising ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1916 Easter Rising
Irish Rebellion of 1798 → influenced → Easter Rising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter Rising of 1916
this entity surface form: Easter Rising of 1916
this entity surface form: 1916 Easter Rising
Cathal Brugha → notableEvent → Easter Rising ⓘ
W.B. Yeats → notableWork → Easter Rising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Easter, 1916
W. T. Cosgrave → participantIn → Easter Rising ⓘ
Michael Collins → participatedIn → Easter Rising ⓘ
Éamon de Valera → participatedIn → Easter Rising ⓘ
Irish War of Independence → precededBy → Easter Rising ⓘ
Irish Republic → proclaimedDuring → Easter Rising ⓘ
Bloody Sunday (1920) → relatedEvent → Easter Rising ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proclamation of the Irish Republic
Kilmainham Gaol → usedDuringEvent → Easter Rising ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1916 Easter Rising