Home Rule and the Easter Rising

Study note

In 1913 the British government promised Home Rule for Ireland, meaning a self-governing Ireland with its own parliament that would still be part of the UK. The First World War led the government to postpone any change. Irish Nationalists were not willing to wait, and in 1916 the Easter Rising against the British took place in Dublin. Its leaders were executed and a guerrilla war followed.

Memory tip: Home Rule promised 1913; war delays it; the Easter Rising in Dublin happens in 1916.