As propaganda was being utilized throughout the empire, England had to implement multiple different approaches to appeal to Irish citizens. The various fractures and splits within Ireland called for unique types of propaganda to target these different types of people and thus be most effective. Analyzing the propaganda used in Ireland reveals the different subsets of the Irish population that were appealed to: rural citizens, Catholics, unionists and nationalists. Similarly, common themes of 
propaganda such as appeals to one’s manhood and referencing the atrocities occurring elsewhere in Europe were utilized. Many of these categories overlap (such as nationalists and Catholics) and appeals to manhood are part of every propaganda poster asking men to enlist in the army, yet it is nonetheless helpful to break down the propaganda as such. Furthermore, analyzing this propaganda as it appealed to the different subsets of the population demonstrates just how fractured Ireland was and sets the stage for how people reacted to the events of the 1916 Rising.
