 Rossa's funeral, and Pearse's oration, had the desired effect of mobilising Republicans and creating the conditions for a rising.Eight months later, on 24 April 1916, Pearse stood in the portico of the General Post Office in Dublin and read the Proclamation of the Republic.Although the Easter Rising was short-lived, it set in train the events that led to the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922.