The rebels seized prominent buildings in Dublin and clashed with British troops. Easter Rising 1916: Six days of armed struggle that changed Irish and British history. "It's bound up with national identity. As the week progressed, the fighting in some areas became more intense, leading to several prolonged, fiercely contested street battles. However, implementation of home rule was suspended due to the outbreak of Meanwhile, members of a secret revolutionary organization called the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), who believed home rule wouldn’t go far enough and instead sought complete independence for Ireland, began planning what would become the Easter Rising. In 1921, a treaty was signed that in 1922 established the Irish Free State, which eventually became the modern-day Republic of Ireland.With the Acts of Union in 1800 (ratified in 1801), Ireland (which had been under some form of English control since the 12th century) merged with Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. While to Christians, Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ, many Easter traditions are not found in the Bible. Based on a Celtic tradition, Imbolc was meant to mark the halfway point between winter solstice and the spring equinox in Neolithic Ireland and Scotland. The British capture of a shipment of German arms three days before the rebellion was partly responsible for the failure of the nationwide mobilisation.Dr Fearghal McGarry, from Queen's University Belfast, said although there was very little support for the rising at the time, it was enormously successful in terms of what the organisers of the rising wanted to achieve. On Sunday the Proclamation was printed on the press in Liberty Hall which was there for the use of the ITGWU. In honor of the 104th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, we provide a day by day guide to how the rebellion played out. "What might have surprised the leaders was how quickly all this happened. Military casualties were highest at Mount Street Bridge.By Friday 28 April, about 18-20,000 soldiers had been amassed in the capital against about 1,600 rebels while much of the city centre had been destroyed by British artillery fire. Under Home Rule, Ireland would be given more say in how it was governed while continuing to remain part of the United Kingdom.More than 100 years earlier, Ireland lost its parliament in Dublin and was governed directly from Westminster as a result of the Act of Union in 1800.The threat of Home Rule led unionists in Ulster to establish the military organisation, The emergence of these forces undermined British rule in Ireland.However, the possibility of violence in Ulster was averted by the outbreak of World War One.The main party in favour of Home Rule, the Many Irishmen joined the call to arms and fought in western Europe. The information thrust upon Truman a momentous decision: whether or not to use the world’s first weapon of mass Hollywood royalty, fashion model, Oscar-winning actress, anti-war activist. Initially, there was little support from the Irish people for the Easter Rising; however, public opinion later shifted and the executed leaders were hailed as martyrs. Rising, but postponed it until noon the following day, Easter Monday, to give them time to send couriers throughout the country to inform the Irish Volunteers that the Rising was indeed taking place.