Consequences of the 1916 Rising

A. B. S. M. F.

A. -

Approximately 500 people killed – 2,500 injured - £3 million (in 1916) worth of damage done to property

B. -
British outraged – it was a stab in the back while they were at war with Germany – they rounded up & imprisoned 2000 people without trial – many had nothing to do with rising

S. -
They picked out the leaders and secretly tried and shot them by firing squad. This included Pearse, MacDonagh, Clarke and Connolly (who was strapped to a chair) – Countess Markievicz escaped execution as she was a woman

M. -
Media strongly condemned the rising and at first most people did too – however the imprisonment and execution of Irish people angered the public – Public opinion turning against the British in favour of the executed leaders of the rising.

F. -
The 1916 rising failed militarily – the execution of its leaders led to the War of Independence – this succeeded in removing 26 counties from under British rule.