INFOGRAPHIC – IRISH CENTRAL

 

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

Proclamation of Independence
Credit: Dublin City Library & Archive

READ – The Full Version of the Proclamation of Independence

Century Ireland – Main Portal for Ireland’s Centenary Activities

Timeline of Events Leading up to the Easter Rising – 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour

Detailed Timeline from 1912-1923 – University College Dublin provides context.

Pearse Oration at O’Donovan Rossa Graveside – Started Countdown to the 1916 Rising

Why an Easter Lily? – Behind the Pittsburgh 1916 Easter Rising Committee Logo

COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCES

VISIT ONLINE – The 1916 Rising: Personalities and Perspectives – The National Library of Ireland’s Online Exhibition

National Museum of Ireland’s Full Details of its 1916 Public Programme and Online Learning

Trinity College Library Dublin – Changed Utterly: Ireland and the Easter Rising

University College Dublin – Decade of Centenaries

ARTHUR GRIFFITH’S SINN FEIN IN 1916

LISTEN – Professor Michael Laffan provides an overview of Arthur Griffith and the Sinn Fein political party in 1916 – HistoryHub.ie

1798 REBELLION

READ – The Story of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 – Encyclopaedia Britannica

REFERENCE – Complete Academic Overview of The Rebellion of 1798 – National Archives of Ireland, PDF File

FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS – Why was there a rebellion? – Ask About Ireland.ie – Ask About Ireland is a program from Ireland’s public libraries designed to educate children on Irish history and culture.

THE GREAT HUNGER

Why We Should Call it the “Great Hunger” and not the “Irish Potato Famine.” – IrishCentral.com

HOME RULE

LISTEN – A Series of Masterful and Interesting Lectures from Professor Michael Laffan, from the Home Rule Movement through the Rising and Beyond – HistoryHub.ie

THE IRB IN 1916

History Ireland Magazine – The Irish Republican Brotherhood

1913 LOCK-OUT

National Library of Ireland – The Dublin Lockout

History Ireland Magazine – The Dublin Lockout of 1913

Century Ireland – Remembers the 1913 Lockout (Listen)

1914 FIRST WORLD WAR

BBC – Ireland and World War I

World War I Centenary – August 1914: England’s Difficulty, Ireland’s Opportunity?

History Today – Ireland and the First World War

The Guardian – The Forgotten Irish Soldiers Who Fought for Britain in the First World War

FirstWorldWar.com – Easter Rising 1916 and the War

BBC – Britain and World War I

1916 RISING

An Post Museum – Full information on how the GPO building is used to preserve Irish history.

IrishCentral.com – 50 Facts about the Easter Rising (with photos)

International Business Times – Easter Rising: The Rebellion that Started Ireland’s Bloody War for Independence

GENERAL

READ – Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion by Charles Townsend. Compelling book with interesting narrative and great detail.

READ – When the Clock Struck in 1916 Darren Kelly and Derek Molyneaux.  Book published in 2015, detailed accounts of battles.

READ – 1916: The Easter Rising by Tim Pat Coogan. Book published in 2005 provides overview by veteran writer.

American Irish Historical Society – General resource.

Easter 1916 – A Poem by William Butler Yeats (The Atlantic)

Michael Collins (1996 Film) – Featuring Liam Neeson.  Based on the true story of Irish nationalist Michael Collins and tells his story from the end of the Easter Rising.

Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006 Film) – Featuring Cillian Murphy. A fictional story that follows one revolutionary after the Rising in the times leading up to the Irish Civil War.