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The Easter Rising At noon on the 24th of April 1916, a thirty-seven year old school teacher Padraic Henry Pearse accompanied by armed rebel guards
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THE CAUSES OF THE EASTER RISING Irish History Dan McGill THE CAUSES OF THE EASTER RISING At noon on the 24th of April 1916, a thirty-seven year old school teacher Padraic Henry Pearse accompanied by armed rebel guards stood on the steps of the General Post Office (under the newly created Irish tricolour flag) in Sackville Street (now O'Connell St), Dublin, where he read a Proclamation on behalf of the seven members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood Military Council. Their objective was to achieve independence from Britain and to establish an Irish republic. The proclamation declared that the new Irish provisional government had been appointed and Ireland was free from foreign rule and it will guarantee the Irish people the pursuit of religious and civil liberty, and furthermore help find the happiness and prosperity for the people of Ireland. This militant Irish republican group believed the only way to achieve these objectives was by...
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