Tag: 1916 Easter Rising
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Connolly and the 1916 Easter Uprising
109 years ago today, on 24 April 1916, a joint force of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army – a workers’ militia led by the Marxist revolutionary James Connolly – stormed the GPO in Dublin. At the same time, various rebel detachments occupied several other buildings and sites in Dublin’s inner city. The…
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The Irish establishment “celebrates” the Easter Rising – A shameful charade
On Sunday an official state ceremony was held in Dublin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. The officials present, including the men of the Church, represent a class that did not support the Rising in 1916, but who now wish to present themselves as heirs to that heroic struggle. Here Alan…