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Witness History: Easter Rising in Ireland

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Easter Rising in Ireland

21/08/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Easter Rising in Ireland

In 1916, a group of Irish rebels launched an armed revolt against British rule

On Easter Monday 1916, members of the Irish Volunteers and the Citizen’s Army occupied buildings in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic.

At Easter 1916, a small army of Irish rebels attempted to start a revolution against British rule.

They held out for more than a week against a massive British military response.

Simon Watts brings together eye-witness accounts of the Easter Rising.

(Photo: Irish rebels lying in wait on a roof getting ready to fire during the Easter Rising. Credit: Mondadori via Getty Images)

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