The Easter Rising began in Dublin’s General Post Office on Easter Monday, 24th April 1916, with Patrick Pearse’s dramatic proclamation of the Irish Republic. Led by republicans opposed to British rule in Ireland, this was the most significant uprising in more than a century – and changed the entire course of Irish and British history, with effects that still reverberate today.
In today’s episode, Tom and Dominic return to the GPO in Dublin, as the brilliant Professor Paul Rouse tells the bloody story – at once inspiring, terrifying and heartbreaking – of the Easter Rising and its extraordinary aftermath.
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