A timeline of events during Easter Week in 1916

We look at the timeline of events during Easter Week in 1916.

A timeline of events during Easter Week in 1916
Mon, 25 Apr, 2016 - 01:00

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The Irish Republican Brotherhood had Irish Volunteers senior officer Bulmer Hobson detained over the weekend, fearing he might warn British authorities about a Rising he opposed in the present circumstances.

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Courts1916 RisingEaster1916risingtimelinePlace: Liberty HallPlace: DublinPlace: GPOPlace: Sackville StPlace: O’Connell StPlace: Four CourtsPlace: Jacob’s Biscuit FactoryPlace: Boland’s MillPlace: Éamon de ValeraPlace: St Stephen’s GreenPlace: Phoenix ParkPlace: Sackville StreetPlace: Dublin CastlePlace: IrelandPlace: City HallPlace: CurraghPlace: Co KildarePlace: CorkPlace: Volunteers HallPerson: Bulmer HobsonPerson: Eoin MacNeillPerson: James ConnollyPerson: Edward DalyPerson: Thomas MacDonaghPerson: Eamonn CeanntPerson: Michael MallinPerson: Patrick PearsePerson: Sean ConnollyPerson: James O’BrienPerson: ConnollyPerson: Tomás MacCurtainPerson: Terence MacSwineyPerson: PearsePerson: P. H. PearseEvent: Easter weekEvent: 1916Organisation: Irish Republican BrotherhoodOrganisation: Irish VolunteersOrganisation: Irish Citizen ArmyOrganisation: Fianna EireannOrganisation: Cumann na mBanOrganisation: Citizen ArmyOrganisation: Army of the Irish RepublicOrganisation: South Dublin UnionOrganisation: Irish RepublicOrganisation: GPOOrganisation: 6th Reserve CavalryOrganisation: VolunteersOrganisation: Rising
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