The Easter Rising in Galway: Preparations, Conflict, and Collapse
Planning the Rising Back in May 1915, the Irish Republican Brotherhood Military Committee, composed by Tom Clarke, Seán Mac Diarmada, Patrick Pearse, Éamon Ceannt, Joseph Mary Plunkett, Thomas MacDonagh, and James Connolly, began planning an insurrection against British rule. Their strategy was shaped by World War I as they saw the war as a unique opportunity. If Britain emerged quickly victorious, Irish…