Irish War of Independence the UK, Free State and Northern Ireland governments negotiated revisions to the 1921 treaty; the Free State stopped contributing to the servicing of the UK national debt, but took over full responsibility for compensation for war damage, with the fund increased by 10% in 1926. The "Compensation (Ireland) Commission" worked until March 1926, processing thousands of claims. Although largely overshadowed by the men that took part in the conflict, women played a substantial role in the Irish War of Independence. Prior to the Easter Rising of 1916, many Nationalist women were brought together through organizations that fought for women’s suffrage
Octave of Easter Missal, which called this Sunday the Second Sunday of Easter. In the third edition of this Missal, promulgated in 2000 but published only in 2002, the Sunday took what is now its official name: "Second Sunday of Easter or of Divine Mercy". In Anglican churches, the Second Sunday of Easter is widely known as Low Sunday, both because rituals are lower than they were the week before, on Easter Day, and because church attendance is usually a fraction of what it was on the feast day. Even the Churchman's Ordo Kalendar, which contains all saints' and holy days, refers to