March 26, 2016
Peter
1916 Proclamation , 1916 Rising , Battle of the Bogside , Bengal Famine , Black and Tans , British Commonwealth , Dissident Republicans , Eamon DeValera , Easter Monday , Easter Rising , Easter Sunday , Gerrymandering , Home Rule , James Connolly , Monarchy , O' Connell Street , Padraig Pearse , Republicans , SDLP MBE OBE Irish Republican Nationalism , St. Thomas Aquinas , The Amritsar Massacre , The Auxiliaries , The Conflict in the north of Ireland , The Famine , The GPO , The IRA , The Troubles , Unionists , World war 1 casualties
The 1916 Proclamation supported Irish Independence – those who opposed it supported an empire and the slaughter of millions .Home Rule, even if it were honoured, was not an alternative. It proposed the creation of an Irish assembly, subordinate to London , and circumscribed powers to protect Protestants.
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