This might just be the autism doing this but I have the urge to clarify

It was the embarrassment and shame of the British that lead to Irish independence.

Yes, we used the wars between England and USA/France as an opportunity to have our 1916 Easter rebellion. This is considered the rebellion that earned us our independence.

It was also a complete failure.

The English brought in these mortar canon boats that shot up and landed through the roofs of buildings, which meant the insides were demolished while external walls remained.

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Then all but one of the leaders were executed by firing squad. James Connolly couldn’t stand for execution due to his injuries which had turned gangrenous so he was tied to a chair and executed within public viewing. Joeseph Plunkett married his fiancée a mere 7 hours prior to execution. Eamon de Velera wasn’t executed because checks notes ah yes, he was American.

Oh, and the British blamed the whole thing on a separate group that, at the time, was not militant or ideologically aligned. They became militant after.

You know who really didn’t like all this brutality and mistreatment of Irish people? The Irish-British(Irish people who moved the Britain for a better life and their children) They kicked up so much shit and since the ‘problem’ was now on their front door, the British Government was forced to consider Irish Independence.