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'An unrealistic venture, doomed from the start'. Comment on this view of the Easter Rising in 1916. The 1916 Rebellion can quite safely be summarised as a short-term failure, with no immediate impact on the succouring of Irish politics. It achieved only the downfall of individuals such as James Connelly and Tom Clarke, and only remained particularly prominent in future times as a symbolic event of nationalistic martyrdom. In conception, there was very little planning involved. It was arguably badly timed, and involved too many points of awkwardness, most notably the fact that it only consisted of 1,600 men and woman fighting on the rebellion's side. Because of this, it certainly lost its claim to be a 'national rising', and was never seriously capable of success. Despite all, there are some who hold the view that the Easter Rising of 1916 did have some important repercussions. Although the Rebellion itself was...

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