1-156-903 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Ruins of the Rebel Headquarters, Anti-English Irish uprising, Dublin, May 1916. The Irish Transport & General Workers' Union building after storming by English troops. The rebellion on Easter Sunday, known as the Easter Rising, was organised by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a descendent of the Fenians, Although it failed, the rising resulted in great propaganda for the Republican cause when the British executed its leaders.