Jim Carroll - 23 Apr 16 - 06:25 AM

"The Irish did not "collude" with the Germans - they took the weapons that the Germans offered - no collusion - no offer of support for Germany."

WRONG:
-        4th September 1914 meeting of the IRB where they decided to stage an insurrection in Ireland while Great Britain was at war with Germany and seek German assistance to mount that insurrection. (Source: Max Caulfield, "The Easter Rebellion", page 18)

-        German declaration of November 1914

In November 1914[23] Casement negotiated a declaration by Germany which stated:


"The Imperial Government formally declares that under no circumstances would Germany invade Ireland with a view to its conquest or the overthrow of any native institutions in that country. Should the fortune of this Great War, that was not of Germany's seeking, ever bring in its course German troops to the shores of Ireland, they would land there not as an army of invaders to pillage and destroy but as the forces of a Government that is inspired by goodwill towards a country and people for whom Germany desires only national prosperity and national freedom".[24]

Sources referred to:
23 = Jeff Dudgeon. "Casement's War". Drb.ie. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
24 = The Continental Times, 20 November 1914

-        Casement sent to Germany to request help in terms of advisors, troops and weapons

-        Plunkett sent to Germany to assist Casement in 1915

Plunkett joined Casement in Germany the following year. Together, Plunkett and Casement presented a plan (the 'Ireland Report') in which a German expeditionary force would land on the west coast of Ireland, while a rising in Dublin diverted the British forces so that the Germans, with the help of local Volunteers, could secure the line of the River Shannon, before advancing on the capital.

Source:
McNally and Dennis, Easter Rising 1916: Birth of the Irish Republic, p. 30


-        Aud arms shipment and the return of Casement by German Submarine in April 1916


-        Proclamation of 1916 referring to Germany as "Our Gallant Allies in Europe".