Ceannt, Pearse and Plunkett form the Military Committee

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr At the start of the First World War, the Irish Republican Brotherhood’s (IRB) Supreme Council determined that a rising should be planned and undertaken in Ireland. While the original purpose of the Volunteers was to ensure that Home Rule was implemented, at least from September 1914 its covert purpose was ... Read more

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