May 1 - The Easter Rising collapses. Sir John Maxwell, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces announces that all involved in the insurrection have surrendered.
May 5 - John MacBride, another leader of the Rising, is executed today. W.T. Cosgrave is sentenced to death, however, this is later commuted to penal servitude for life.
May 15 - The trial of Roger Casement begins in London today. He is charged with high treason for his part in the Easter Rising.
May 17 - The Bishop of Limerick refuses a request to discipline two of his curates who expressed republican sympathies. He reminds General Maxwell that he had shown no mercy to those who surrenered.
May 21 - Daylight Saving Time begins for the very first time as people in Britain and Ireland put their clocks forward one hour. The purpose is to reduce the number of evening hours to save fuel.
June 26 - Roger Casement goes on trial at the Royal Courts of Justice on a charge of treason.
July 23 - Thousands attend an open-air meeting at the Phoenix Park in Dublin to discuss the British government's Irish partition proposals. It is the first open-air meeting since martial law was proclaimed.
August 3 - Sir Roger Casement is hanged at Pentonville Prison for high treason.
August 7 - There is a large audience at the Bohemian Theatre in Dublin for the first screening of the Film Company of Ireland's first film 'O'Neill of the Glen.'
August 19 - The Irish Times publishes a 264-page handbook detailing the events of the Easter Rising.
October 29 - John Redmond demands the abolition of martial law, the release of suspected persons, and that Irish prisoners be treated as political prisoners.
