. ▁ ▁With ▁much ▁greater ▁numbers ▁and ▁heav ier ▁weapons , ▁the ▁British ▁Army ▁suppress ed ▁the ▁R ising . ▁Pear se ▁agreed ▁to ▁an ▁un cond itional ▁surrender ▁on ▁Saturday ▁ 2 9 ▁April , ▁although ▁sp or adic ▁fighting ▁continued ▁briefly . ▁After ▁the ▁surrender ▁the ▁country ▁remained ▁under ▁mart ial ▁law . ▁About ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁people ▁were ▁taken ▁prisoner ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁ 1 , 8 0 0 ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁intern ment ▁cam ps ▁or ▁pr isons ▁in ▁Britain . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁R ising ▁were ▁executed ▁following ▁courts - mart ial . ▁The ▁R ising ▁brought ▁physical ▁force ▁republic an ism ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁fore front ▁of ▁Irish ▁politics , ▁which ▁for ▁nearly ▁fifty ▁years ▁had ▁been ▁domin ated ▁by ▁constitution al ▁national ism . ▁O pp osition ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁R ising ▁contributed ▁to ▁changes ▁in ▁public ▁opinion ▁and ▁the ▁move ▁toward ▁independence , ▁as ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁December ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁election ▁which ▁was ▁won ▁by ▁the ▁S inn ▁F é in ▁party , ▁which ▁conven ed ▁the ▁First ▁D á il ▁and ▁declared ▁independence . ▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁ 4 8 5 ▁people ▁killed ▁in ▁the ▁E aster ▁R ising : ▁ 5 4 ▁percent ▁were ▁civ ili ans , ▁ 3 0 ▁percent ▁were ▁British ▁military ▁and ▁police ▁and ▁ 1 6 ▁percent ▁were ▁Irish ▁reb els . ▁More ▁than ▁ 2 , 6 0 0 ▁were ▁wounded .