Cultural Impact of Easter Rising
Cultural Impact of Easter Rising
Intro
By the time the smoke cleared from the guns on that bloody Wednesday night in 1916, 230 British soldiers laid dead or wounded, while the 17 Irishmen had escaped. Our freedom is sometimes taken for granted, for our revolution happened over two hundred years ago, while Ireland’s was just over a century ago.
The Easter Rising of 1916 was a battle for Irish Independence that revived Irish Nationalism
In order to explain the cultural impact of Easter Rising, I will focus on my three main points: first, how politics changed throughout Ireland; second, how the rebellion had a push for Irish Nationalism in literature; and third, how women had taken a stand in the rebellion effort.
Body
Political Change throughout Ireland
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin 1st Irish Republic group to come out in support of the Irish Volunteers. When they won the general election of 1918, they took on the name Dáil Éireann, the official parliament of Ireland.
Political Split
Pro-treaty members formed Cumann na nGaedheal which had governed the new free Irish State for the next ten years. It merged with two other organizations to form Fine Gael. When anti-treaty members failed to pass a motion to remove the oath of allegiance, Éamon de Valera broke away from and formed Fianna Fáil.
After Éamon de Valera left and formed Fianna Fáil, de Valera took most of the old Sinn Féin deputies with him. In 1970, Sinn Féin split into two parties, into the parliament of Northern Ireland and the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This split was a proposal to end abstentionism, which in definition is”Standing for election to a deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate in the assembly’s business. and take seats in these parliaments. Literature
Language
In the same way that the people influence the nations politics, the people also greatly influence the language. Since Great Britain had control of Ireland, and had continued
Intro
By the time the smoke cleared from the guns on that bloody Wednesday night in 1916, 230 British soldiers laid dead or wounded, while the 17 Irishmen had escaped. Our freedom is sometimes taken for granted, for our revolution happened over two hundred years ago, while Ireland’s was just over a century ago.
The Easter Rising of 1916 was a battle for Irish Independence that revived Irish Nationalism
In order to explain the cultural impact of Easter Rising, I will focus on my three main points: first, how politics changed throughout Ireland; second, how the rebellion had a push for Irish Nationalism in literature; and third, how women had taken a stand in the rebellion effort.
Body
Political Change throughout Ireland
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin 1st Irish Republic group to come out in support of the Irish Volunteers. When they won the general election of 1918, they took on the name Dáil Éireann, the official parliament of Ireland.
Political Split
Pro-treaty members formed Cumann na nGaedheal which had governed the new free Irish State for the next ten years. It merged with two other organizations to form Fine Gael. When anti-treaty members failed to pass a motion to remove the oath of allegiance, Éamon de Valera broke away from and formed Fianna Fáil.
After Éamon de Valera left and formed Fianna Fáil, de Valera took most of the old Sinn Féin deputies with him. In 1970, Sinn Féin split into two parties, into the parliament of Northern Ireland and the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This split was a proposal to end abstentionism, which in definition is”Standing for election to a deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate in the assembly’s business. and take seats in these parliaments. Literature
Language
In the same way that the people influence the nations politics, the people also greatly influence the language. Since Great Britain had control of Ireland, and had continued