A timeline of events during Easter Week in 1916

We look at the 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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Courts 1916 Rising Easter 1916 rising timeline Place: Liberty Hall Place: Dublin Place: GPO Place: Sackville St Place: O’Connell St Place: Four Courts Place: Jacob’s Biscuit Factory Place: Boland’s Mill Place: Éamon de Valera Place: St Stephen’s Green Place: Phoenix Park Place: Sackville Street Place: Dublin Castle Place: Ireland Place: City Hall Place: Curragh Place: Co Kildare Place: Cork Place: Volunteers Hall Person: Bulmer Hobson Person: Eoin MacNeill Person: James Connolly Person: Edward Daly Person: Thomas MacDonagh Person: Eamonn Ceannt Person: Michael Mallin Person: Patrick Pearse Person: Sean Connolly Person: James O’Brien Person: Connolly Person: Tomás MacCurtain Person: Terence MacSwiney Person: Pearse Person: P. H. Pearse Event: Easter week Event: 1916 Organisation: Irish Republican Brotherhood Organisation: Irish Volunteers Organisation: Irish Citizen Army Organisation: Fianna Eireann Organisation: Cumann na mBan Organisation: Citizen Army Organisation: Army of the Irish Republic Organisation: South Dublin Union Organisation: Irish Republic Organisation: GPO Organisation: 6th Reserve Cavalry Organisation: Volunteers Organisation: Rising

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