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| Date | | | | | 18-Sep-1914 | | The Home Rule Bill received the Royal Assent. | | | 25-Sep-1914 | | Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, P.C., M.P., Prime Minister, addressed an enthusiastic meeting, in connection with the war, in the Mansion House, Dublin, and expressed the hope that the new armies would be largely augmented by Irishmen, an appeal which was supported by Mr. John Redmond, M.P., and other well known Irishman. | | | 15-Feb-1915 | | Departure of His Excellency the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, consequent on his resignation of the Vice-Royalty. | | | 18-Feb-1915 | | His Excellency Lord Wimborne sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | | | 14-Apr-1915 | | Public entry of His Excellency Lord Wimborne as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | | | 13-Nov-1915 | | A terrible easterly gale raged in Dublin and along the coast, doing great damage. Train services suspended between Dublin and Kingstown, and tram services to suburbs greatly interfered with. | | | 24-Apr-1916 | | On Easter Monday, 24th April, an insurrectionary rising by the Sinn Fein Volunteers began in Dublin. The General Post Office and many other buildings were seized by the rebels, who issued a proclamation establishing "The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic". Martial Law was proclaimed in Dublin, and on the arrival of troops from the Curragh fighting of a serious nature took place in the streets. On the 27th, Martial Law was proclaimed throughout Ireland, and General Sir John Maxwell, G.C.B., who had been appointed Military Governor of Ireland, arrived from England with a large force of troops. A cordon was drawn round the centre of Dublin, and street fighting continued in the city and adjoining districts until the 30th, when 700 of the rebels surrendered. | | | 29-Apr-1916 | May 1 | On 1st May all the rebel commanders in Dublin surrendered unconditionally. There were numerous fires in various parts. of the city, and on the 29th the most dreadful conflagration ever seen in Dublin took place, involving practically the whole of Lower Sackville-street and portions of Eden-quay, Lower and Middle Abbey-street. Sackville-place, Earl-street, Henry-street, Moore-street, and Prince's-street. The damage estimated at £2,500,000 to,£3,000,000. The casualties reported were :Military- and Constabulary killed, 124; wounded, 397; civilians killed, 180; wounded, 614. Of the rebels, 15 were sentenced to death and 79 to various terms of imprisonment, and several hundred were deported and placed in internment camps in England. On the 3rd May the resignation of Mr. Birrell, Chief Secretary, was announced, followed shortly after by that of Lord Wimborne, Lord Lieutenant, and Sir Matthew Nathan, Assistant Under-Secretary. On the 12th May, Mr. Asquith arrived in Dublin to confer with Gen. Sir John Maxwell, and was sworn a member of the Irish Privy Council. | | | 11-Aug-1916 | | Rt. Hon. Henry Edward Duke, K.C., M.P., sworn in as Chief Secretary. | | | 24-Aug-1916 | | Lord Wimborne sworn in as Lord Lieutenant on his reappointment to the office. | |
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