Hey /r/askhistorians readers!
In case you haven't heard, today marks the 98th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland - one of the most well-known and researched events in modern Irish history. To mark the occasion, the mods at /r/IrishHistory put together an Easter Rising Mega-Thread, and we wanted to invite all of you to drop by and check it out. And, if you have any questions about the Easter Rising, or any cool sources you'd like to highlight, feel free to comment.
You can access the thread by clicking here.
Happy reading!
One of the more interesting things I learned whilst visiting the jail in Dublin was that most Irish Citizens were against the uprising....right until the participants and even some of their siblings were executed. The harsh reprisal from the British seems to have been the catalyst that launched the surge in Irish Nationalism that lead to the Revolution.