What was the name given to an insurrection (the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798) led by schoolteacher and barrister Patrick Pearse from 24 April to 30 April 1916, with the aim of establishing the Irish Republic?
Proclamation of the Irish Republic to which it is called. Proclamation of the Irish Republic The Proclamation of the Republic (), also known as the 1916 Proclamation or the Easter Proclamation, was a document issued by the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising in Ireland, which began on 24 April 1916. In it, the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, styling itself the "Provisional Government of the Irish Republic", proclaimed Ireland's independence from the United Kingdom. The reading of the proclamation by Patrick Pearse outside the General Post Office (GPO) on Sackville Street (now called O'Connell Street), Dublin's main
Irish Rebellion of 1798 Irish Rebellion of 1798 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 () was an uprising against British rule in Ireland from May to September 1798. The United Irishmen, a republican revolutionary group influenced by the ideas of the American and French revolutions, were the main organising force behind the rebellion. It was led by Church of Ireland Protestants named Wolfe Tone and Ulster Presbyterians angry at being shut out of power by the Church of Ireland establishment the Protestant Ascendancy, joined by Catholics, who made up the majority of the population. Many Irish, Ulster Protestants sided with the British, resulting in the