# data[].attributes.body
The Ulster volunteers formed and armed militia which caused Irish nationalists to form the Irish volunteers. Conflict between these groups progressed in early 1914 because of Home Rule. The war impermanently moderated the crisis.

# data[].attributes.body
John Redmond, Irish Parliamentary Party leader, followed suit of Edward Carson and encouraged Irish volunteers to enlist in existing Irish regiments in the British army in September 1914. Some volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood opposed enlistment and planned an insurrection against British rule.

# data[].attributes.body
On the 24th of April 1916, Irish rebels took over the Dublin Post Office and other important buildings in the city. Patrick Pearse read a proclamation of independence and the formation of the Republic of Ireland. A battle ensued between the Irish rebels and the British. This event is known as the Easter rising.

# data[].attributes.body
On the 29th of April 1916, after 450 deaths, the rebels surrendered. A lot of damage was done to the buildings of Dublin and many civilians sided with the British. When the British executed the leaders of the Rising, however, the Irish regarded these leaders as heroes.

Subject

On the 29th of April 1916, after 450 deaths, the rebels surrendered. A lot of damage was done to the buildings of Dublin and many civilians sided with the British.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fculture%2Fheritage%2Feaster-rising-day-6-and-then-it-was-all-over-1.2582998&psig=AOvVaw0x

# data[].attributes.body
Eamonn de Valera became the president of Sinn Fein in July 1917. He took part in the Easter Rising but was not executed by the British. Due to the British wrongly accusing Sinn Fein for the Easter Rising, Sinn Fein candidates were favoured.

# data[].attributes.body
World War I ended with German defeat in 1918.

# data[].attributes.body
On 29 January 1919, two Irish policemen were shot by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Tipperary. This was the beginning of the War of Independence. The loyalties of ex-servicemen of Ireland were tested when the IRA attacked the police and British military.

# data[].attributes.body
'Black and Tans' soldiers, who were a combination of British and Irish veterans and policemen, were not disciplined and caused the deaths of innocent civilians during the War of Independence in Ireland.

# data[].attributes.body
The Great War, 2016. The Easter Rising- Ireland in World War 1. [video] Available at: <https://youtu.be/DMWP9G6gecc> [Accessed 11 August 2021].

The Irish Times. 2018. Ireland’s first World War veterans: Shunned, ostracised, murdered. [online] Available at: <https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/ireland-s-first-world-war-veterans-shunned-ostracised-murdered-1.3691036> [Accessed 11 August 2021].

Wesleyjohnston.com. n.d. History of Ireland 1914 - 1919: The First World War,Easter Rising and rise of Sinn Fein. [online] Available at: <https://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/history/19141919.html> [Accessed 10 August 2021].