More About the Easter Rising

Memorial to those who died.

The Easter Rebellion was not well received by most Irish, and great hostility was directed at the Volunteers in some parts of Dublin, according to most historians. Many Irish sons, husbands and fathers were fighting in the British army as WW1 just started and families depended on their Army allowances.  At the surrender, the Volunteers were hissed at, stoned, and verbally abused by their fellow Irish.  But the Rising is credited with spurring the eventual revolution as the people rallied round the rebels when the British executed many, and interred others without trial.