1916: the Irish rebellion

A century ago, the world was still locked in the horrors of the Great War. The bloody battles of World War I, which changed the face of history, still had two years of slaughter to run.

But 1916 was also the year of the Irish Easter uprising against the British in Ireland. The events of Easter 1916 have a place in Irish history analogous in some ways to that occupied by the storming of the Bastille in France and the Boston Tea Party in the US. The Easter rising, or rebellion as it has sometimes been called, was a seminal event in modern Irish history, both for the formation of the two... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.