The 1916 Easter Rising

In Easter week, 1916 a grouping of Irish Gaelic Republicans rose against British dominion inward Republic of Ireland in addition to seized fundamental locations inward Dublin in addition to proclaimed an Irish Gaelic Republic. To grade the ane hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising Ireland's national world service broadcaster RTE has released a exceptional website, Reflecting the Rising,

The website explores the history of the Easter Rising in addition to provides a guide to events taking house inward Dublin to grade the uprising's centenary. Reflecting the Rising also include a fascinating Leaflet map of video in addition to well recordings of personal accounts from men in addition to women who lived through Easter 1916.

If you lot conduct a marking on the map you lot tin spotter or heed to the recordings straight from the map.


To grade the 100 yr anniversary of the Easter Rising Google in addition to Republic of Ireland 2016 convey also released an interactive Google Street View tour of Dublin, exploring the historical events that took house during the uprising at unlike locations some the city. The Dublin Rising 1916-2016 tour provides an well in addition to visual guide to the Dublin Rising.

The tour features prominent Street View images of fundamental locations inward the uprising, accompanied yesteryear an well guide (voiced yesteryear musician Colin Farrell) to the events that occurred during Easter calendar week inward 1916. Each of the Street View scenes includes map markers which allow you lot to stance historical photographs in addition to heed to modern recordings of statements made yesteryear witnesses to the Easter Rising.