At Easter 1916 the Republic is proclaimed at the GPO and crushed inside a week. The executions afterwards change everything. Sinn Féin sweeps the 1918 election, the First Dáil sits in 1919, and the War of Independence is fought by flying columns and by intelligence work until the Truce of July 1921. The claim is to all thirty-two counties. The reality is contested everywhere.
July truce, December Treaty: dominion status for 26 counties — 'the freedom to achieve freedom'.
Quick answersWhen was the Revolution in Ireland?
The Revolution spans 1916 to 1921 in this atlas. At Easter 1916 the Republic is proclaimed at the GPO and crushed inside a week.
Who ruled Ireland during the Revolution?
Irish Republic (declared, contested) held the whole island in this atlas's reckoning. Proclaimed at the GPO in 1916 and ratified by the First Dáil in 1919, the Republic was a revolutionary claim over the whole island, fought for county by county while British rule continued.
What is a lesser-known fact about the Revolution?
The 1916 Proclamation, addressed to 'Irishmen and Irishwomen', guaranteed equal suffrage — two years before any woman could vote in Britain. It was printed at Liberty Hall so short of type that it went through the press in two halves, with odd letters borrowed from other typefaces, which is why its lettering is famously mismatched.