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In the name of God and of a dead generation

from which she has received her ancient tradition of nationhood,

Ireland through us summons her children

to her flag and strikes for her freedom.

I'm Heather Jones and this is the story of Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising

and the way it changed history,

reviving Irish separatism and leading to the secession

of much of Ireland from the UK.

Reaction to this failed uprising would change the path

of British and Irish history forever.

From headlines of marching men

in squadrons passed by vines.

100 years ago, the Great War came to Dublin.

I remember the phrase which Mr Pierce used.

We strike at noon.

For six days in Easter week 1916,

an insurrection against British rule in Ireland tore the city apart.

It was a school master's rising, it was a poet's rising.

What's the one question you would like to ask of the 1916 leaders?

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