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What was the aim of the 1916 rising?
The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was fighting the First World War.
What was the cause of the Irish independence war?
The continuing resistance of many IRA leaders was one of the main factors in the outbreak of the Irish Civil War as they refused to accept the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith had negotiated with the British.
Did the Irish fight for independence?
The Irish War of Independence was a guerrilla conflict between the British state and its forces in Ireland and Irish republican guerrillas in the Irish Volunteers or Irish Republican Army. The war is usually said to have run between 1919 and 1921, but violence both preceded these dates and continued afterwards.
How was the 1916 rising planned?
Joseph Plunkett was the primary planner of the Rising, and the objective was that the Volunteers and Citizen Army would seize strategic buildings throughout Dublin in order to cordon off the city and resist the coming attacks by units of the British army.
When did Ireland gain its independence from Great Britain?
In 1938 Ireland and Britain signed a trade agreement, but when it failed to end partition, the I.R.A. grew disenchanted and began a bombing campaign in England that lasted until World War II. On April 18, 1949, Ireland left the British Commonwealth, and finally became a fully independent state.
Was the 1916 Rising a success for Ireland?
As a military campaign the Rising was ultimately a failure but it had an important legacy in that the British response to the event turned the majority of the Irish public away from the idea of Home Rule and towards the concept of a fully independent Irish Republic.
Who planned the 1916 rising and why?
The insurrection was planned by Patrick Pearse, Tom Clarke, and several other leaders of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, which was a revolutionary society within the nationalist organization called the Irish Volunteers; the latter had about 16,000 members and was armed with German weapons smuggled into the country in …
How many British were killed by the IRA?
293
Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign
| Provisional IRA campaign | |
|---|---|
| IRA 293 killed over 10,000 imprisoned at different times during the conflict | British Armed Forces 643–697 killed RUC 270–273 killed |
| Others killed by IRA 508–644 civilians 1 Irish Army soldier 6 Gardaí 5 other republican paramilitaries |