1. Easter Rebellion 1916
This caused little problem for the IRB, and it was decided that the moderate leader would be kept in the dark about their planned insurrection and it was agreed that Pearse, who was the Director of Organisation and Press Secretary of the Volunteers, would lead the force into the rebellion if need be. ... Only a few days out from the rebellion, the IRB sub-committee notified Eoin MacNeill of their plans and his Irish Volunteers" major role in the operation. MacNeill, upset by the betrayal, attempted to call off the uprising by publishing statements in the major Irish newspapers. ...
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