Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
VICTORY TOWNSHIP — On Easter Monday, 1916, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Citizens Army staged a week-long rising against the British Empire.
Today marks the 107th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland. The monumental event sparked the final push of Irish independence after 800 years of occupation from the British Empire and ultimately led to the formation of the Republic of Ireland.
In honor of the event, West Shore Community College Professor of English, Education, Communications and Social Sciences Séan Henne, who also holds a master’s degree in Irish, spoke on the event today in the Schoenherr Campus Center. Henne said he was asked to speak by Brenden Brady, a member of the WSCC Student Senate.
Henne spoke about the significance of the event and its impact on Irish and world history. He spoke about the importance of religion, mythology and history in Irish culture and how the three areas impacted the uprising, which inspired the nation to push United Kingdom to allow it to be independent.
Henne read the poem “Easter, 1916” written by William Butler Yeats in September 1916, and the poem’s importance of recalling the uprising. He also sang Charles O’Neills 1919 song “The Foggy Dew,” which recalled the uprising and its similarities to the “Star Spangled Banner.”
Watch the video for the singing of “The Foggy Dew.”
VICTORY TOWNSHIP — On Easter Monday, 1916, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Citizens Army staged a week-long rising against the British Empire.
Today marks the 107th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland. The monumental event sparked the final push of Irish independence after 800 years of occupation from the British Empire and ultimately led to the formation of the Republic of Ireland.
In honor of the event, West Shore Community College Professor of English, Education, Communications and Social Sciences Séan Henne, who also holds a master’s degree in Irish, spoke on the event today in the Schoenherr Campus Center. Henne said he was asked to speak by Brenden Brady, a member of the WSCC Student Senate.
Henne spoke about the significance of the event and its impact on Irish and world history. He spoke about the importance of religion, mythology and history in Irish culture and how the three areas impacted the uprising, which inspired the nation to push United Kingdom to allow it to be independent.
Henne read the poem “Easter, 1916” written by William Butler Yeats in September 1916, and the poem’s importance of recalling the uprising. He also sang Charles O’Neills 1919 song “The Foggy Dew,” which recalled the uprising and its similarities to the “Star Spangled Banner.”
Watch the video for the singing of “The Foggy Dew.”
