May 11, 1916During the House of Commons debate on the Irish crises, John Dillon urges the cessation of executions
May 8, 1916Irish patriots, Michael Mallin, Eamonn Ceannt, Cornelius Con Colbert and Sean Heuston are executed in Kilmainham gaol
May 6, 1916The U-20, a German U-boat commanded by Captain Schweiger, sinks the Centurion off the south-east Irish coast
May 5, 1916Irish patriot and a leader of the 1916 Easter Uprising, John MacBride, is executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol
May 4, 1916Edward Daly, Michael OHanrahan, William Pearse & Joseph Mary Plunkett are executed by firing squad in Kilmainham jail
May 3, 1916Patrick Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh executed by firing squad in Kilmainham jail
April 9, 1916The merchant ship Aud leaves Germany for Ireland with arms for the Irish Republican Brotherhood
April 5, 1916Patrick Pearse denies rumors of a possible rising to Irish Volunteer Chief of Staff Eoin MacNeill
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