The Irish rebellion was a German plot during World War I.
And the IRA were Commies funded by Moscow.
The Irish rebellion was a reaction to 400 years of British oppression of the Irish nation and people.
“The Irish rebellion was a German plot during World War I.”
No, but the Germans certainly supported it. Don’t forget the Irish had been rebelling against English oppression since several centuries BEFORE there was a Germany. To see the kind of German support for Irish rebels the best thing to do is look at the career of Roger Casement:
Prelude to Easter Rising: Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany by Rheinhard Doerries.
Roger Casement: Imperialist, Rebel, Revolutionary by Seamus O’Siochain.
The Howth Gun-Running and the Kilcoole Gun-Running: Recollections and Documents edited by F.X. Martin.
Then, if you can stomach it, there’s this to balance out (way downward) all of that patriotic stuff about the same man: http://www.amazon.com/Roger-Casement-background-sexuality-political/dp/095392873X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463159939&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Roger+Casement%3A+Imperialist%2C+Rebel%2C+Revolutionary+by+Seamus+O%27Siochain I have not read the Black Diaries. I don’t think I ever will. Casement did so much good in his life I would rather focus on those things.
The French certainly supported our rebellion, but it wasn’t a French plot (although some English officials may have claimed it was for all I know).
Good points both of you. Just add that the IRA was supported by Quadaffi also.