Easter Rebellion Ireland

            The Easter Rising also known as the Easter Rebellion Ireland.  The rebellion started on Monday 24 April 1916 and lasted for 6 days.  It was Organized by seven members of the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.  Many people joined the Irish Citizen Army which they then seized key locations in Dublin and claimed the Irish Republic independent from Britain. 

            The Rising was suppressed after heavy fighting, and its leaders were court-martialled and executed.  Support for republicanism continued to rise in Ireland as a result of the ongoing war in Europe and the Middle East. In December 1918 republicans won 73 seats out of 105 in the 1918 General Election in the British Parliament. In the total of 6 days 254 people where killed and 2,217 people where wounded.