Everyday Nationalism: The Easter Rising of 1916 and the Making of Modern Irish Independence

Date

2021

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Keyhole Press, The University of Tampa

Abstract

In 1916, a group of Irish nationalists known as the Irish Volunteers rose up against British rule in a weeklong rebellion that became known as the Easter Rising. The Irish Volunteers were ultimately crushed by the British military and failed to establish an independent Irish republican government. However, the Easter Rising encouraged a heightened sense of nationalism among everyday people which led to the popularization of the Irish independence movement culminating in the Irish Free State in 1922. This paper addresses how the nationalist organizations and the Catholic Church strategically framed the Easter Rising to garner public support and consequently, how the public internalized the nationalistic fervor in their personal letters and diaries. This essay was written in Dr. Palmer’s HIS 400 class.

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Recommended citation: Ingram, Julia. “Everyday Nationalism: The Easter Rising of 1916 and the Making of Modern Irish Independence.” Q: Journal of Undergraduate Research & Inquiry, 2021. https://doi.org/10.48497/A6QB-ZR51.

Keywords

Irish Nationalism, Easter Rising, Sinn Féin

Citation

Ingram, Julia. “Everyday Nationalism: The Easter Rising of 1916 and the Making of Modern Irish Independence.” Q: Journal of Undergraduate Research & Inquiry, 2021. https://doi.org/10.48497/A6QB-ZR51.

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