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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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