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Stakeholders of the 1916 Easter Rising
The Easter Rising was an armed insurgency in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. Various Irish political groups seized landmark buildings throughout the city in a failed attempt to claim independence for the Irish people. It was a significant moment in Irish history that would over time inspire the formation of the Irish State.
I created this illustrative artwork to present all those who were directly involved and affected by the events in Dublin City. I enjoy exploring history and archives, inking the badges and illustrating the uniforms of the various groups, and presenting them here as the Stakeholders of the 1916 Easter Rising.
More about the piece.
The wide range of diverse groups that were involved during those events included brigades and factions of the Irish Volunteers, the Irish Citizens Army, and women’s organisation Cumann na mBan. I also included those involved in the British administration such as the Dublin Metropolitan Police, and the various Irish regiments of the British Army that found themselves stationed back in Ireland from the Great War during that time, many of whom were in Irish regiments and so primarily Irish themselves.
Amidst the badges are the civilians of Dublin, the business owners, families and children of the inner city who suffered the most casualties and whose lives were most deeply affected by those events.
Signed, limited edition prints of the ‘Stakeholders of the 1916 Easter Rising’ is available to buy.
