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Easter Rebellion

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Easter Rebellion: see Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles.
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Easter Rising

 or Easter Rebellion

(1916) Republican insurrection in Ireland against the British, which began on Easter Monday, April 24. Led by Patrick Pearse and Tom Clarke, some 1,560 Irish Volunteers and 200 members of the Irish Citizen Army seized the Dublin General Post Office and other strategic points in Dublin. After five days of fighting, British troops put down the rebellion, and 15 of its leaders were tried and executed. Though the uprising itself had been unpopular with most of the Irish, the executions caused revulsion against the British authorities. The uprising heralded the end of British power in Ireland.
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The former are the adopted flower of the Orange Order and the unionist community; the latter represent to Irish republicans the sacrifice of the 1916 Easter rebellion against British rule.
Paisley shows off flower power by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Kevin knew his great grandfather had taken part in the Easter rebellion but had no idea he had been at Frongoch.
Student finds family history in old Welsh internment camp; WALES by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
1916: The Easter rebellion began in Dublin against British rule in Ireland (It ended on April 29).
Stop the Clock; April 24 by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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