One issue in particular was the apparent hypocrisy of the British policy in that it was prepared to accept Irishmen into an army sent to fight for the freedom of foreign countries, but resisted giving that freedom to the same Irishmen when they returned home. Another problem was dissatisfaction with the terms of Home Rule, which offered only a limited Irish government. These problems and the growing political divisions may have encouraged revolutionary leaders to look for the opportunity to undertake a revolution, and the war provided a very good
One issue in particular was the apparent hypocrisy of the British policy in that it was prepared to accept Irishmen into an army sent to fight for the freedom of foreign countries, but resisted giving that freedom to the same Irishmen when they returned home. Another problem was dissatisfaction with the terms of Home Rule, which offered only a limited Irish government. These problems and the growing political divisions may have encouraged revolutionary leaders to look for the opportunity to undertake a revolution, and the war provided a very good