Easter 1916

Easter 1916

By Aoife, Peadar, Hannah and the other one

  • 3rd Home Rule Bill

    3rd Home Rule Bill
    British Prime Minister Asquith introduces the Third Home Rule Bill to the British Parliament. Passed by the Commons and rejected by the Lords the Bill would have to become law thanks to the Parliament Act. Home Rule expected to be introduced for Ireland by autumn 1914.

  • Dublin Lockout

    Dublin Lockout
    Major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers in Dublin, lead by ITGWU founder Jim Larkin. The dispute lasted from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 1914

  • Arrival of the Asgard

    Arrival of the Asgard
    Irish Volunteers unload a shipment of 1,500 rifles and 45,000 rounds of ammunition freshly arrived from Germany aboard Erskine Childers' yacht the Asgard. British troops fire on jeering crowd on Bachelors Walk, Dublin, killing three citizens.

  • WWI Declared

    WWI Declared
    First World War declared. Home Rule for Ireland shelved for the duration of the war with Germany.

  • Decision to Uprise Made

    Decision to Uprise Made
    Meeting held at Gaelic League headquarters between IRB and other extreme republicans. Initial decision made to stage an uprising while Britain is at war.

  • January 1916, Rising date confirmed

    January 1916, Rising date confirmed
    James Connolly encouraged to join the IRB and is voted onto the Military Council thus ensuring that the Irish Citizens Army shall be involved in the Rising. Thomas MacDonagh becomes the seventh member of the Military Council several weeks later. Rising date confirmed for Easter Sunday.

  • The loss of the Aud and commencement of Rising

    The loss of the Aud and commencement of Rising
    4.15pm The Aud arrives at Tralee Bay.
    6.30pm The Aud is captured by the British Navy April 22nd 1am Karl Spindler and his crew scuttle the Aud to prevent her precious cargo falling into enemy hands. The weapons for the Rising are lost to the sea.
    10pm Eóin MacNeill issues the Countermanding order in Dublin to try to stop the Rising. April 24th 12 Noon The 1916 Rising begins in Dublin.

  • The Easter Rising

    The Easter Rising
    The insurgents proclaimed an Irish Republic with Pearse as President and Connolly as commander in chief. They occupied positions around Dublin at the General Post Office (GPO), the Four Courts, the South Dublin Union, Boland’s Mill, Stephen’s Green and Jacobs’ biscuit factory. Over the following week, the British deployed over 16,000 troops, artillery and naval gunboat into the city to suppress the rising. In the week’s fighting, about 450 people were killed

  • Arrival of General Maxwell

    Arrival of General Maxwell
    General Maxwell arrives. Dublin is formally put under martial law and the civil authorities are put under Maxwell's authority.

  • Death by Execution

    Death by Execution
    Maxwell never doubted that theleaders of the rebellion should be court-martialled and those most prominent executed. In 90 cases the court’s verdict was ‘Death by being shot’. Maxwell confirmed this judgement on 15 defendants, and these were executed between 3-12 May 1916.