It is 100 years since the Easter Rising in Dublin. That was
ruthlessly suppressed of course, with hasty trials and many hangings. Among
those imprisoned, though he escaped hanging, was Eamon de Valera, who later
became Prime Minister of the Irish Republic.
The struggle for a united independent Ireland is not over:
the province of Northern Ireland, often incorrectly called Ulster, is still
part of the United Kingdom.
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