Sunday, 31 March 2013

Happy Easter and 97 years ago.....The Easter Rising 1916.

"The passage of the National Service Act in January 1916 which threatened conscription in Ireland was one of the causes of The Easter Rising. The 1916 Rising represented the first major demonstration of force since the United Irishman rising of 1798. The insurrections of  1803, 1848 and 1867 had been small in comparison. (The Cambridge History of the British Empire 1959)

"Ireland  is too great to be unconnected to us, and too near to us to be dependant on a foreign state, and too little to be independent" (C.T. Grenville to the Duke of Rutland, December 3, 1784)

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Feeling a little Irish today, it's a common complaint of the Irish!!



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  1. Sgt Steiner31 March 2013 at 09:15

    Makes me feel more British :-)

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  2. PanzerKaput31 March 2013 at 09:30

    My friend if you havent yet you need to read "The Rising" by Desmond Ryan and the writer fought in the General Post Office. Good read too. Have a great day

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  3. Clint31 March 2013 at 09:31

    Happy Easter and have a good day.

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  4. TamsinP31 March 2013 at 10:10

    Happy Easter Fran! :)

    I do hope that the little Irish you're feeling doesn't mind being felt though.... ;)

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  5. Lonewolf31 March 2013 at 10:37

    Happy Easter Fran!

    Regards
    Bruno

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  6. Michael Awdry31 March 2013 at 10:44

    Happy Easter my good man.

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    1. The Angry Lurker31 March 2013 at 19:06

      Thanks Michael and for the competition, Happy Easter.

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  7. lrqan31 March 2013 at 10:51

    I think of men who fought in glens
    With rifles and grenade
    May Heaven keep the men who sleep
    From the ranks of the old brigade

    Where all the wars are happy and all our songs were sad.

    Happy Easter.

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  8. Rodger31 March 2013 at 10:51

    Happy Easter Fran!

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  9. Sidney Roundwood31 March 2013 at 10:54

    Remarkable days for a remarkable people! Very, very best wishes for a great Easter to you Fran!

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  10. Vampifan31 March 2013 at 11:13

    Happy Easter, Fran.

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  11. John Lambshead31 March 2013 at 11:16

    Be fascinating to bring them forward to the 21st century to see how it all panned out and whether it met their expectations.

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    1. The Angry Lurker31 March 2013 at 19:02

      It would be but I think they would be disappointed.

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  12. Simon Quinton 31 March 2013 at 11:26

    Interesting read and Happy Easter mate!

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  13. DaveD31 March 2013 at 11:37

    An interesting and painful period in Anglo-Irish history.. just made me think of the sadness I felt when standing in Kilmainham Gaol a few year back. Thanks Fran

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  14. Alex J. Cavanaugh31 March 2013 at 11:59

    Just read about this at Anne's - a pivotal moment in history.
    Happy Easter, Fran!

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  15. Mark31 March 2013 at 12:05

    Well done you Irish for not taking it.

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  16. GaryA31 March 2013 at 12:59

    Happy Easter mate. Make the best of it, it'll soon be over!

    ;O)

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  17. Porky31 March 2013 at 13:26

    Painful it is. Just read the guarantees and wonder when they'll be held to anywhere. We make it better by remembering I think, and going forward. Here's to Easters ever happier.

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  18. Unknown31 March 2013 at 13:38

    You and anne are in sync today, happy easter.

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  19. Unknown31 March 2013 at 14:58

    I'm glad you did this big fella. Now I'm off to put on my makeup an go visit The Hubby's family. Happy Easter.

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  20. Pat Hatt31 March 2013 at 15:13

    A moment where everything changed indeed.

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  21. Monty31 March 2013 at 15:52

    Happy Easter, Fran. I'm hearing The Pogues
    "the recruiting sergeant" in my head after reading this. I need to cue it up and play it loud.

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  22. DeanM31 March 2013 at 16:28

    Happy Easter, Fran. Best to you and yours. Dean

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  23. Juan Mancheño31 March 2013 at 17:17

    Happy Easter, Fran!!!

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  24. shintokamikaze31 March 2013 at 17:18

    Happy Easter Fran, i hope you will be comeing over to see us in 2016

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  25. Mike31 March 2013 at 17:42

    Thanks for the reminder, Fran. It's so strange to stop and realize that something that happened 40 years before I was born is now almost 100 years past. My ancestry is Welsh; today I am in solidarity with my Irish brothers and sisters.
    Happy Easter to all.

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  26. Trey31 March 2013 at 18:04

    Happy Easter, Fran.

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  27. The Angry Lurker31 March 2013 at 19:07

    Thanks Andrew!

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  28. DEZMOND31 March 2013 at 19:21

    Happy Easter, Lurk, to you and all the proud Irish brothers and sisters! Irish history and nation is so very similar to Serbian with all the brave uprisings, sufferings, injustice and foreign oppression and invasion :( Not to mention that the music, food and national spirit are almost identical :)

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    1. Hariklia1 April 2013 at 00:38

      Similar to us Greeks as well - and found all around the world!

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  29. Hariklia1 April 2013 at 00:37

    Happy Unorthodox Easter to you Fran - we don't celebrate our until early May.

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  30. Paul1 April 2013 at 04:34

    Have a egg on me Fran, and a few buns as well. Happy Easter.

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  31. D41 April 2013 at 06:27

    Enjoy your patriotism! Makes me happy

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  32. DWei1 April 2013 at 07:39

    How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?

    None.

    (I'll show myself out).

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    1. Unknown3 April 2013 at 19:01

      This would be me holding my temper.....

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  33. A Beer for the Shower1 April 2013 at 14:03

    I knew very little about this, but forgive me! I'm just an American who's a victim of our public schooling system! I barely know about MY history!

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  34. Elsie Amata3 April 2013 at 13:06

    Hope you had a good Easter, Fran.

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  35. Unknown3 April 2013 at 19:03

    Are you posting today?

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  36. DEZMOND3 April 2013 at 20:20

    the world is proud of brave Irish people!

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  37. The Happy Whisk3 April 2013 at 21:30

    How come you don't have any falling bunnies or peeps on this page?

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