Jim, none of your paste jobs contradict the facts I gave you.

"Nationalists, who represented the majority of Ireland's population, wanted more independence from Britain. They campaigned for devolution for Ireland, and a minority wanted full independence. "
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zgy8tyc

The 1914 Home Rule Bill was fully agreed, and would have been enacted but for the war and but for the rising.