The Easter Rising took place in Dublin, and a few outposts across the country, between Monday 24 April and Sunday 29 April, 1916. It was a rebellion against British rule in Ireland and was ...

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, falls on April 18, 2025. The holiday remembers the day that Jesus Christ suffered and ...

It began with an armed insurrection known as the Easter Rising that took place in Dublin and other parts of the country, a rebellion launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland ...

The Easter Rising, the rebellion which took place over the course of five days in Dublin in 1916 and forever changed the course of Irish history, led to the execution of its leaders. 1916 Easter ...

Dublin Ireland. April 24th 1916. The seeds of a rebellion have been planted and revolution is on the horizon. It starts early Easter Monday, as Dublin Castle comes under siege. Triggering one of the ...

Elizabeth “Lily” Kempson fled to the US after fighting in the 1916 Easter Rising. She died on January 21, 1996, at 99 years of age in Washington state. Elizabeth Ann “Lily” Kempson ...

Surprising Ireland’s British rulers — who waved away warning signals — the rising began on Easter Monday, April 24 1916, and ended with surrender the following Saturday. News of the rising reached ...

Given the profound political and, indeed, cultural impact of the executions in the immediate aftermath of the 1916 Rising, it might have been expected that such an episode would have tempered the ...

This was Britain's war within the war. One hundred years on, historian Heather Jones reassesses the armed struggle that came to be known as The Easter Rising ...