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Easter Rising: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Easter Rebellion
Date April 24, 1916
Location Dublin • Ireland

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British Army soldiers kneel and aim rifles from behind a barricade of empty beer barrels on a cobblestone street during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland.
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Eamon de Valera
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president of Ireland
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Patrick Henry Pearse.
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