The Easter Rising Was a Complete Failure and Did Not Further the Nationalist Cause. Discuss

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The Easter Rising was a complete failure and did not further the nationalist cause. Discuss It was not much of the rebellion of the Easter rising which changed the attitude of the Irish people- it is generally its aftermath. MacNeill himself, the volunteer’s Chief of Staff was against a premature uprising: “it could have no possible chance of success against the British forces and would lead to a reckless waste of life.” Though, MacNeill fellow commander Pearse, had taken a different approach and quoted that the question of military success or failure was largely irrelevant in the “blood sacrifice” to die for Ireland. Pearse and MacNeill had both taken different reactions towards the rising and therefore had stimulated Pearse’s plans to be cancelled by MacNellli. Moreover, the rebels of the Easter rising had neither received any outside help as the German ship which was carrying arms to the rebels had been intercepted by the Royal Navy and also had their numbers outnumbered by soldiers and armed police. Therefore it can lead some readers to argue that from the beginning the Easter Rising plans were doomed, as they had a lack of support from within the Irish people themselves which penetrated them to be outnumbered by soldiers and police; and finally a lack of leadership and communication through the actions of MacNelli and Pearse. Strategically, the success of the rebellion also depended on the participation of the provincial units of the volunteers but this again did not take place. Although, the Easter rising was condemned by the Catholic church and denounced by Redmond and moderate nationalists, the public’s opinion was generally hostile and within weeks the Irish attitude had changed towards the rebellions as of the British authorities. The harsh aftermath prosecutions had by December 1918 moved the country towards Sinn Fein who had won 73 seats, the unionists

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