The coalition government of 1973–77, in particular the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, Conor Cruise O'Brien, began to promote the view that the violence of 1916 was essentially no different from the violence then taking place in the streets of Belfast and Derry.
A coalición de goberno que dirixiu Irlanda entre os anos 1973-1977, en particular o Ministro de Correos e Telégrafos, Conor Cruise O'Brien, comezou a promocionar a opinión de que a violencia de 1916 non era moi diferente da violencia que tiña lugar naqueles días nas rúas de Belfast e Derry.