Easter Rising
From Conservapedia
The Easter Rising was an Irish rebellion for independence from British control, which took place April 24 to 30, 1916 during World War I.
The Irish insurgents captured key locations in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic. The British suppressed this and executed a small number of its leaders. The Easter Rising was led by Pádraig Pearse of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the socialist James Connolly of the Irish Citizen Army. The other five leaders of the seven member executive were Seán Mac Diarmada, Tom Clarke, Éamonn Ceannt, Joseph Mary Plunkett and Thomas MacDonagh. Pearse surrendered on behalf of all insurgents in order to spare further loss of life, although he knew that he himself would be executed. All seven leaders were executed, along with ten other leaders. One leader who escaped execution because of his United States citizenship was Éamon de Valera. Another leader escaped execution because she was a woman, Constance Markiewicz.
