Ireland 1915-1916: Fuller Chronology

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Authors: Prof. Ciaran Brady Dr Anne Dolan Dr Ciarán Wallace

Ireland 1915-1916: Fuller Chronology

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Harry Clarke begins work on the celebrated stained-glass windows 1915 January for the Honan Chapel in Cork.

British forces, including Irish regiments, attack the Ottoman Empire, 1915 April landing at Gallipoli (on the Aegean coast of modern-day Turkey).

German U-boat sinks the Lusitania off the south coast of Ireland. 1915 May 1,198 lives are lost (7 May).

Prime Minister Asquith forms a wartime cabinet, Carson appointed 1915 May attorney general for England, Redmond declines to join.

Supreme council of the IRB sets up a military council or committee 1915 May consisting of Patrick Pearse, Joseph Plunkett and Eamon Ceannt.

Gaelic League taken over by militant nationalists; Douglas Hyde 1915 July stands down (29 July)

Military Council of the IRB established; includes Patrick Pearse, 1915 December Joseph Plunkett, Eamon Ceannt, Sean MacDermott and Thomas Clarke.

1916 January Supreme Council of I.R.B. decide on early insurrection

Redmond and Lord Wimborne, the Lord Lieutenant, address a 1916 February recruiting meeting in Dublin. (10 February)

Sixteenth (Irish) Division takes over Loos and Hulloch sectors of the 1916 March Western Front.

Irish Volunteers ordered to prepare for manoeuvres on 23 April, 1916 April Easter Sunday (3 April).

The Aud, loaded with German arms destined for the Irish Volunteers, 1916 April is captured in Tralee Bay by the British navy (20-21 April).

Sir Roger Casement lands from a German submarine at Banna 1916 April Strand, Co. Kerry, to warn MacNeill of insufficient German support for an insurrection. Arrested subsequently. (21 April)

Eoin MacNeill cancels orders for I.R.B. manoeuvres, published in 1916 April Sunday Independent 23 April.

Military council of the IRB unanimously decide to strike on Monday 24 1916 April April (23 April).

1916 April General Post Office and other Dublin buildings seized by the Irish

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Volunteers and the Citizen Army, led by Pearse and Connolly. The Proclamation of the Irish Republic is read and the 'Easter Rising' begins at noon. Arrival of troops from the Curragh later in the day (24 April).

Martial Law proclaimed in Dublin (25 April) and elsewhere in Ireland 1916 April (29 April).

Unconditional surrender of rebels; 3,000 casualties including around 1916 April 450 dead (29 April).

1916 May Over 400 insurgents sent to Britain for internment (1 May).

Court-martial and execution of rebel leaders Patrick Pearse, Thomas 1916 May Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh by firing squad, Dublin (3 May).

Execution of rebels Joseph Mary Plunkett, Edward Daly, Michael 1916 May O'Hanrahan and William Pearse, Dublin (4 May)

1916 May Execution of John MacBride (5 May)

Execution of Con Colbert, Éamonn Ceannt, Michael Mallin and Sean 1916 May Heuston (8 May).

In the House of Commons John Redmond warns the government that 1916 May the executions are alienating moderate Irish opinion (8 May).

1916 May Execution of Thomas Kent in Cork.

Execution of James Connolly and Sean MacDermott in Dublin (12 1916 May May).

1916 May John Dillon MP (Nationalist) urges cessation of executions (11 May).

Ulster Unionist Council accepts Lloyd George's proposal for 1916 June immediate implementation of Home Rule, with 6 Ulster counties temporarily excluded (12 June).

Somme offensive begins. 36th (Ulster) Division involved. 60,000 1916 July casualties, incl. 20,000 killed. Heaviest losses suffered by any army in a single day in the Great War (1 Jul).

1916 July Report of the Royal Commission on the Rebellion in Ireland (3 July).

Sir Roger Casement, convicted of high treason, is hanged in 1916 August Pentonville Prison, London (3 August)

Law extending 'Greenwich mean time' to Ireland passed, effective 01 1916 August Oct (23 August).

1916 September Thomas Kettle MP (Nationalist) killed leading charge on the Somme

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(9 September).

1916 November Somme offensive ends (13 November).

Lloyd George appointed Prime Minister of a coalition government at 1916 December Westminster (7 December).

Remaining untried Irish political prisoners released from Reading and 1916 December Frongoch jails. (22 - 23 December). Convicted rebels remain in custody.

James Joyce publishes A portrait of the artist as a young man in New 1916 December York (29 December).

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