Easter Rising 1916
On anniversary of Easter Rising, calls for Irish unity are strengthened
During Easter week in April 1916, Irish militant republican forces started an uprising against the British colonialists in Dublin, marking a new era in the Irish freedom struggle against British imperialism
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