On April 24 1916 hundreds of Irish citizens army rebels stormed Leinster house (instead of the general post office in OTL) taking The Lord lieutenant hostage and threatening to kill British colonial figures in Dublin unless Britain recognised Ireland's independence. After a hasty and heated meeting with his cabinet British PM David Lloyd George officially recognised the Socialist Republic of Ireland on April 27th and ordered the withdrawal of all British troops in Ireland. The last of which left Belfast on May 30th 1916 marking the start of a new era for the island of Ireland.....