In Popular Culture
- Michael Collins is a 1996 movie by Neil Jordan starring Liam Neeson on the life and career of Michael Collins.
- Rebel Heart is a 2001 BBC miniseries starring James D'Arcy. The first episode focusses especially on the Easter Rising. The theme music of the same name was composed by Sharon Corr and performed by the Corrs.
- The Easter Rising is discussed in the television series Downton Abbey, which is set in an English country estate during the 1910s. The family's chauffeur, Tom Branson, is an Irish republican and socialist whose cousin was killed by British soldiers during the Easter Rising under the suspicion that he was "probably a rebel."
- The Plough and the Stars is a play by Seán O'Casey that takes place during the Easter Rising.
- In 2009, Gerry Hunt published a graphic novel called Blood Upon the Rose, which depicted the events of the Easter Rising.
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