Editing Irish War of Independence (section)

===Easter Rising===
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The plan for revolt was realised in the [[Easter Rising]] of 1916, in which the Volunteers launched an [[insurrection]] whose aim was to end British rule. The insurgents issued the [[Proclamation of the Irish Republic]], proclaiming Ireland's independence as a republic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC – The Proclamation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/insurrection/in04.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224230251/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/insurrection/in04.shtml |archive-date=24 February 2020 |access-date=2020-04-30 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The Rising, in which over four hundred people died,<ref>[http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/__uuid/55a29fab-3b24-41dd-a1d9-12d148a78f74/Glasnevin-Trust-1916-Necrology-485.pdf 1916 Necrology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214221924/http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/__uuid/55a29fab-3b24-41dd-a1d9-12d148a78f74/Glasnevin-Trust-1916-Necrology-485.pdf |date=14 December 2017 }}. [http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/visit-glasnevin/news/1916-list/ Glasnevin Trust] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405042053/http://www.glasnevintrust.ie/visit-glasnevin/news/1916-list |date=5 April 2017 }}.</ref> was almost exclusively confined to [[Dublin]] and was put down within a week, but the British response, executing the leaders of the insurrection and arresting thousands of nationalist activists, galvanised support for the separatist Sinn Féin<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC – Sinn Féin |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/profiles/po18.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925060550/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/profiles/po18.shtml |archive-date=25 September 2015 |access-date=2020-04-30 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>&nbsp;{{Ndash}} the party which the republicans first adopted and then took over as well as followers from [[Countess Markievicz]], who was [[second-in-command]] of the [[Irish Citizen Army]] during the Easter Rising.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countess Markievicz – 'The Rebel Countess' |url=http://www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com/pdf/Markievicz.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418145050/http://www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com/pdf/Markievicz.pdf |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=17 December 2017 |website=Irish Labour History Society}}</ref> The British execution of the Rising's leaders also increased support in Ireland for both a violent uprising to achieve independence from British rule and an independent Irish republic. This support was further bolstered by the British government's decision to maintain martial law in Ireland until November 1916, the arrest of Irish critics of government policies and the possibility of conscription being extended to Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC – The rise of Sinn Féin |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/aftermath/af03.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204115025/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/aftermath/af03.shtml |archive-date=4 February 2020 |access-date=2020-04-30 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>