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120,000 Mark 90th Anniversary of Easter Rising in Ireland

HeadlineApr 17, 2006

In Ireland, 120,000 people gathered in Dublin Sunday to mark the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising — a short-lived 1916 rebellion against British rule. During the uprising, Irish rebels seized parts of Dublin from the British and declared an Irish Republic. The rebellion failed and the British executed 15 leaders. But the uprising inspired the Irish independence movement. Five years later 26 of Ireland’s 32 counties became free of British rule.

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