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Easter Rising
noun
- an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed
Example Sentences
Several bands accompanied the parade, which was commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
Even in a world after 1916’s Easter Rising — when Irish nationalists revolted against British rule— governmental efforts to revive Irish proved futile.
They made their way ashore in a small rowing boat with rifles to be supplied to the armed rebellion known as the Easter Rising.
The parade was to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, which Stephen Murray, a leading Republican dissident, told the crowd was “unfinished business.”
It ended at Derry's City Cemetery where about 300 people are taking part in an Easter Rising commemoration event.
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