In 20th Century Northern Ireland, there are three main events that take place they are the Easter Rising, Deployment of British Troops and Bloody Sunday.

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Which of these events has had the biggest impact on the history of conflict in Ireland?

In 20th Century Northern Ireland, there are three main events that take place they are the Easter Rising, Deployment of British Troops and Bloody Sunday. This essay will consider which had the biggest impact on the history of the conflict in Northern Ireland.

Firstly, Easter rising began with Padraig Pearce the leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He decided armed action would put life back into nationalist movement. The plan was to take over Dublin railways, post offices and factories. Many doubted that Pearce's plan would be successful however James Connelly a socialist leader wouldn't of joined the plans if they had a slight chance of failing. On 30th January Connelly's citizen army members and the IRB went out and occupied parts of central Dublin. Pearce then proclaimed that the Irish republic was now established
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Although the Easter Rising only lasted for one week it had a lot of short term and long term consequences. One of the most significant long term consequences was that the rebel leaders were executed, this led to more hatred and distrust between the Catholics and protestants and could of led to a civil war. British people also hated the Irish as they couldn't believe that they were fighting with each other when there was a world war going on. Many people also say that the Easter Rising led to the partition of Ireland.

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