 Beginning in 1914, anti-war campaigns in Ireland were led by the pacifist Francis Sheehy-Skeffington and the Socialist James Connolly, and by Laurence Ginnell in the House of Commons.Both Connolly and Sheehy-Skeffington, however, were executed by the British Army following the Easter Rising of 1916.The Conscription Crisis of 1918 had long-term repercussions, uniting several nationalist parties and the Roman Catholic Hierarchy in opposition to the draft.