HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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it led to the unraveling of Sinn Fein (the Irish republican political party)
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its leaders were executed by the British government
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it led to a dramatic shift in the leadership of the nationalist cause toward extremism
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its victims became national martyrs
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Detailed explanation-1: -Members of the Irish Volunteers, led by schoolmaster and Irish language activist Patrick Pearse, joined by the smaller Irish Citizen Army of James Connolly and 200 women of Cumann na mBan, seized strategically important buildings in Dublin and proclaimed the Irish Republic.
Detailed explanation-2: -In April 1916, Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising against British rule and proclaimed an Irish Republic. Although it was crushed after a week of fighting, the Rising and the British response led to greater popular support for Irish independence.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sinn Féin is the largest Irish republican political party, and was historically associated with the IRA, while also having been associated with the Provisional IRA in the party’s modern incarnation. The Irish government alleged that senior members of Sinn Féin have held posts on the IRA Army Council.
Detailed explanation-4: -Not only had the United Irishmen failed to attain any of their political objectives, but Ireland was brought under even closer British control. The Irish parliament was abolished and the country became a formal part of the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
Detailed explanation-5: -Michael Mallin A silk weaver by trade, Mallin was born in Dublin in 1874. Along with Countess Markievicz, he commanded a small contingent of the Irish Citizen Army, of which he was Chief of Staff, taking possession of St. Stephen’s Green and the Royal College of Surgeons. He was executed on 8 May 1916.