It was where the leaders of the Easter Uprising set up their headquarters in April 1916 and proclaimed the Irish republic and independence from Britain. They were forced to surrender a week later when the building was set on fire. 14 leaders were executed.
"Here on Easter Monday 1916 Patrick Pearse read
the proclamation of the Irish republic
from this building he commanded the forces
that asserted in arms Ireland's right to freedom"
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