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Proclamation of the Irish Republic
RAÚL MUÑOZ RODRÍGUEZ

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Proclamation of the Irish Republic, 24 April 1916

“Proclamation of the Irish Republic” was one of the more important aspects in the Easter Rising. It´s a historic – circumstantial text. In order to maintain secrecy the Proclamation of the Irish Republic was printed out on a hand press a few hours before the Rising. It was produced in two sections and due to the shortage of lettering, the letter “e” had to be improvised, standing out for the rest of the text.
Easter Rising has a special meaning for the Irish people. The Rising was an insurrection located in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. It was held by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic. Padraig Pearse proclaimed the Irish Republic from the steps of the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin on Easter Monday 24th April, 1916. The crowd attending there was exiguous and they weren´t understanding the situation very well. There were some cheers but no real enthusiasm. During the following week, the future of Ireland and their perception of independence changed forever.
Somehow, the Easter Rising leaders thought that England, being involved in the Great War, it was going to be easier to defeat for them. Far from reality, England put much energies in “saving” Ireland from rebels and sent 20,000 British troops to fight the Irish. These were just 1,500 Irishmen, scarcely armed and prepared for battle. The Easter Rising left large parts of Dublin in ruins; and it was a real failure, it was a suicide. In a desperate situation and with an effort to prevent further disaster, Pearse declared an unconditional surrender on Sunday 30th April 1916.
The “Proclamation of the Irish Republic” declared to the people of Ireland that they were free from any rule coming from England. The Proclamation expressed the hopes of the revolutionaries declaring that


Bibliography: Sagredo Santos, A and Arroyo Vázquez, Mª Luz (2010) “ Anglophone worlds from a historical and cultural perspective: UK and Ireland”. Editorial Universitaria Ramón Areces. 2nd Edition. Michael McNally and Peter Dennis (2007) “Easter Rising 1916: Birth of the Irish Republic.” Osprey Publishing.   Kostick, Conor & Collins, Lorcan. (2000) “The Easter Rising, A Guide to Dublin in 1916.” O´Brien Press LINKS: www.bbc.co.uk/history www.1916rising.com/ www.nli.ie/1916/
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