As the British rolled their heavy artillery into Dublin the rebels were forced to surrender. The captured republican leaders were then executed by the British, which so riled the Irish people that the Easter Rising became a symbol of nationalism and it is still an important date in the republican calendar.
2 May 1916: Easter Rising signals start of republican revolution in Ireland
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Irish nationalists proclaim the Irish Republic, but British troops arrive to put them down. Dublin is paralysed by street fighting which lasts for days
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