Ireland gave a little better life to Catholics by 1900. They had churches and schools in a city, but they were so poor and needed to go US and UK to find jobs. Some nationalist wanted to change the situation and asked Irish Parliaments to end Union and give them the right to decide about themselves in their own meeting, but Parliaments not only refused their request but also fought against the people who want the new system.
In 1914, British government allowed Irish Home Rule. However it was postponed due to dealing with WW1 as one country. It made most Irish nationalists unhappy, because they really wanted to leave as soon as possible. On the other hand, the Protestant Unionists were happy because they wanted to stay as one Union. Ireland mainly consisted of Catholics, so they feared being a minority in a united Ireland. They lived in the town near Belfast, mainly consisting of not Catholics but Protestants. The British government was confused.
Moreover, in 1914, WW1 started and people had to go and fight with the British army against Germany. However, most Irish Nationalists didn't appear there because they wanted to leave Ireland in fact, so they didn't want to fight the Germans.
In 1916, they, mainly including Catholics, loving native culture very much, decide to fight for free Ireland. In Dublin, for six long days, there was fight and many men died there and about 2000 men were sent to prison. After that, Easter Monday 1916 became a very important day in Irish History, and all was changed. And until now, this strain has stayed in Ireland as Northern Ireland issue.
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