Everyday Nationalism: The Easter Rising of 1916 and the Making of Modern Irish Independence
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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.
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Irish Nationalism, Easter Rising, Sinn Féin
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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.