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Easter Rising

British

noun

an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed

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He provides sharp observations on the Easter Rising of 1916, the war for independence and the civil war of the early 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Even in a world after 1916’s Easter Rising — when Irish nationalists revolted against British rule— governmental efforts to revive Irish proved futile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

About 200 people attended the Easter Rising 1916 commemoration parade in the Creggan estate on Monday.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023

The Easter Rising began on April 24, 1916, and lasted for several days.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In due course the Easter Rising took place, and by a blood-sacrifice Ireland once more claimed the rights which, she had been assured, were being enforced on the battlefields of Europe.

From The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin by Boyd, Ernest Augustus

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