All the text and photographs below have been compiled by Derek Molyneux and his daughter Shannon. Well done to them both, they have and are doing outstanding work in remembering the 1916 Rising. The Irish Volunteers Commemorative Organisation are thankful for their support and we congratulate them on a great work in progress.. Derek
Certain sections of the Irish population had began to lose faith in the British. The Irish felt their grievances were ignored.
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Sean McDermott was one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. This was a week long battle that took place in Dublin Ireland in order to free the Irish people from hundreds of years of British rule. Sean MacDermott was executed in Kilmainham Jail and buried at Arbour Hill.
Michael Collins in 1916 Irish Volunteers Captain's uniform signed photograph - Whyte's
Tom Clarke was a leader in the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland and was shot dead by firing squad at Kilmainham Jail. His wife Kathleen Clarke was also a soldier and sent to prison.
Contemporary accounts show up to 90 women took part in the rebellion of Easter 1916
The key spots of Dublin where the Rising took place. Dublin was the central place of the rising and there are many places to see here...
Who were the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising? The facts about the leaders of the Irish Easter rebellion are sometimes surprising. In commemoration of the anniversary of the Rising, we look at the surprising facts about its leaders.
Here's how the 1916 Rising came to be, started and ended
from "Woman's Magazine" May, 1916
These images all come from the same fantastic 1916 catalog (which I have available as an eBook). I love the color illustrations. I personally think fashions from 1916-1918 look a little "plump" and emphasize areas of the figure I would rather not notice (my hips!), but I still enjoy looking at images from the time period.
Marvel artist Will Sliney's tribute to those who fought in the Easter Rising.
Fashion Plate - Les Elegances Parisienne - 1916
Seán MacDiarmada was one of the men capable of rousing Ireland out of its political coma. To commemorate the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, writer and historian Dermot McEvoy produced 16 profiles of the Irish Rebel leaders who were executed and who, gradually, have come to be seen as heroes.
On Easter Monday James Grace, Patrick Roe and Michael Burn arrival at Mount Street Bridge around 11:30am. Lieutenant Micheál Malone told Grace to take Roe and Byrne with him and cover the gates of Beggars Bush Barracks. Later Malone told Grace they were to take possession of Number 25 Northumberland Road.
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1916 - Paris-élégant
"Latest Shirtwaists and Skirts," from Needlecraft magazine, May 1916.
