Easter Rising

EASTER RISING

 

This plaque commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of Ireland's Easter Rising. During that armed insurrection in Dublin and other parts the country, against British colonial rule, Ireland was proclaimed a independent Republic. The Rising failed and, in its aftermath, sixteen of the leaders were exccuted by the British. Those deaths inspired resistance which eventually secured independence for twenty-six counties in 1922. In 2016, six counties in the north of Ireland still remained under British rule.

 

We pay tribute to the Martyrs of 1916. We also honor all those people who have suffered persecution, exile, imprisonment, and death for the cause of a free, unified Irish Republic.

Dedicated Apr 24, 2016

Submitted by @lampbane