What happened outside Dublin's general post office on Monday 24th April 1916?

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Buffy

7 October, 08:04

What happened outside Dublin's general post office on Monday 24th April 1916?

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Elyse · Answer 1

During the Easter Rising of 1916, the GPO served as the headquarters of the uprising's leaders. It was from outside this building on the 24th of April 1916, that Patrick Pearse read out the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. The building has remained a symbol of Irish nationalism.