What is Easter Rising?
{{Refimprove|date=November 2014}} The '''Easter Rising''' was a [[rebellion]] in [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] at [[Easter]] in [[1916]]. It started on 24 April 1916 and ended on 29 April 1916. It was carried out by members of the [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]] and members of the Irish Citizens Army. It was done to [[protest]] against [[United Kingdom|British]] rule in Ireland. At first, the Irish had planned to have a larger number of men attack the city. But a man called Sir Roger Casement was captured on the way back from [[Germany]] with guns and the Irish had very few guns. As a result, only about 1,250 men took part in the rising. Out of these about 300 went into the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin led by [[Pádraig Pearse]] and [[James Connolly]]. Other groups took over different parts of the city, for example St. Stephen's Green, Shelbourne Hotel, Boland's Mills and Jacobs Factory. At first the British put up no resistance because of Easter [[public holiday]], but soon more of them came into Dublin to fight the Irish. The biggest fighting happened at Bolands Mills where [[Éamon de Valera]] had his men open fire on British soldiers called ''Sherwood Foresters'' while they landed in the city. The shootings here killed about 200 people and wounded several more. St. Stephen's Green was a big part of the fighting as well where the Irish lost a lot of men. After six days the Irish were exhausted and were being shot at by huge artillery pieces mounted onto a British ship called HMS Helga. The General Post Office was badly hit and soon the Irish surrendered. Sixteen of the Irish leaders were shot by firing squad after the Rising. The British admitted that they lost 155 men to Irish gunfire and 200 were wounded. The Irish rebels lost at least 70 men and over 1,000 of them were wounded. At least 100 Irish citizens were killed in the crossfire as well. After the rising, Dublin was in very bad shape and several hundred people had been killed. == After the rebellion == After the Easter Rising