The Easter week After the plantation of Ireland people wanted to be free from British rule some but not all S o people started to make secret organisations the key organisation in Ireland was called the Irish ID: 207706
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Easter Week 1916Slide2
The Easter week
After the plantation of
Ireland, people wanted to be free from British rule, some, but not all .So people started to make secret organisations - the key organisation in Ireland was called the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). The key members were: Tom Clarke, Joseph Plunkett,
Eamonn Ceannt, Padraig Pearse and Sean MacDiarmada.Slide3
Important People
Tom Clarke
Padraig Pearse
Joseph Plunkett
Eamonn Ceannt
Sean MacDiarmada
James ConnollySlide4
Plans for Easter
IRB planed to attack the British for
freedom. They planned to do it on Easter Sunday.
The IRB didn’t have enough people for the rising so Joseph Plunkett forged a letter pretending that they were the British Government to the Irish volunteers stating that the Irish Volunteers were now illegal. Eoin MacNeill was full of rage so he sent the Irish Volunteers to help the IRB. MacNeill
later found out that the letter was fake and told the Volunteers to cancel all manoeuvres. Slide5
The Aud
Roger Casement went to Germany to buy arms. The Germans agreed to send a shipload of arms to Ireland. The German boat called “The Aud” arrived three days early
. The boat was captured by the British ships and was sunk.Slide6
Monday April 24
th 1916
On April 24th about 150 people marched to the General Post Office, then the Citizen Army joined them, Padraig Pearse was their commander. The army knocked out the windows and raised the Irish flag over the GPO while listening to the proclamation. Slide7
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The army knocked out the windows and raised the Irish flag over the GPO while
listening to the Proclamation then saluted. At the same time the army was taking over the Boland’s Mill, College Of Surgeons, the Four Courts and Jacob’s Biscuit Factory. The GPO was made into the headquarters of the army.Slide8
Tuesday April 25
th
The British soldiers were surrounding the city, and there was dead horses belonging to the British soldiers on the ground who attempted to attack the GPO. Many innocent people tried to escape the city, most succeeded but some didn’t.Slide9
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It is mostly calm in the GPO, every man is armed with a shotgun, rifle or a handgun. Padraig Pearse has announced to his soldiers that there is only a meagre amount of ammunition left for their battle. Slide10
Wednesday April 26
th
On this day Eamon De Valera and his troops had ambushed a big group of British soldiers. Unfortunately the bad news of the day was that the British army sent a boat up the Liffey and started to shell the troops which were inside the Liberty Hall. Slide11
Thursday 27
th of April
On this day James Connolly has been injured, while fighting outside in the middle of Abbey Street. The wound in his leg turned out to be serious.Slide12
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He crawled carefully, but quickly to the stairs of the GPO. When he was there two of the nurses ran out to help him up the stairs.
James Connolly was in danger.Slide13
Friday April 28th
On this day the GPO was in flames as the British had ignited it. Many of the British had shot many people dead, so the men in the GPO were commanded to be evacuated. Then on the very next day the IRB surrendered and most of them were executed.Slide14
The End
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