What were the consequences of the easter rising?
Even though the Irish technically lost the Rising, it boosted the morale of the Irish and started a chain of significant future events. The martyrs that died as a result of the Rising significantly boosted Sinn Fein’s popularity. Consequently, the Dáil Eireann was established in 1919. This eventually became the legitimate government for the Republic of Ireland. Here is a really interesting ‘audio-lecture’ which I found on the UCD website. http://www.ucd.ie/studyatucd/studentexpe… Its interesting to note that the Rising was actually widely unsupported by the general Irish public. The key figures of the Rising were certainly not viewed as the ‘heroes’ we know of today.
