Ireland 1900-14 Flashcards

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Viceroy

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Represented the king in Ireland.

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Nationalists 🇨🇮🇬🇧

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Wanted Home Ruled
Thought Ireland was being ruled badly
Home Rule Party represented
John Redmond=Leader.

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Home Rule Party

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Represented the Nationalists. Led by John Redmond.

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4
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John Redmond

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Home Rule leader. 80 MPs

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5
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The IRB 🇨🇮

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Nationalists who wanted a republic.

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6
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What did the IRB want

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Independence through violent means.

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7
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IRB leaders

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Sean McDermott

Thomas Clarke

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Unionists 🇯🇪

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Didn't want any changes.
'Home Rule Rome Rule'
Mostly Protestant
Didn't wanna b overshadowed by Catholics
Only had 20 MPs
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Unionist Leaders

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Edward Carson

James Craig

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Cultural Nationalists

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Wanted to prevent Anglicisation

Set up movements to encourage Irish traditions and culture

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The GAA

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Formed 1884
Michael Cusack
Clubs in most parishes
First All Ireland in 1887

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GAA goals

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To increase number of people playing gaelic football and hurling.
To draw up rules for the game
To organise competitions.

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13
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Gaelic League

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1893, Eoin MacNeill and Douglas Hyde
Made to promote Irish
'An Claidheamh Solais' 
Timiri went around the country teaching Irish
Encouraged Irish dancing and music.
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14
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Gaelic League founders

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Eoin MacNeill

Douglas Hyde.

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15
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Anglo-Irish Literary Revival

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Where authors wrote about Ireland- as bearla
Members included WB YEATS and LADY GREGORY
Made plays and poems about Irish myths.
Set up the Abbey Theatre.

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ITGWU

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Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union

10,000 members by 1913

17
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William Martin Murphy

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Led the employers.

18
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Dublin Lockout

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When the workers of the ITGWU went on strike the employers refused to let them back in to work until they left the Union.

19
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James Larkin

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Founded the ITGWU

Went to USA when union was defeated.

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House of Commons

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Had 2 main parties

  1. The Liberals
  2. The Conservatives
21
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The Liberal Party

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Asquith- leader

Didn’t really want Home Rule

22
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Tories

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Andrew Bonar Law
Against Home Rule
Dominated the House of Lords.

23
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Lloyd George

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PM wanted to increase tax on the rich

House of Lords defeat the bill.

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General Election 1910

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Lloyd George against the Veto of House of Lords.
Liberals needed Home Rule Party’s help.
Redmond demanded Home Rule in return.

25
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Parliament Act

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1911

Meant the House of Lords could only reject a bill twice

26
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Third Home Rule Bill

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Re entered in 1912

Would become law in 1914

27
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Act of Union 1801

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Meant Éire was part if the UK
Ruled from Westminster
Had 105 MPs
Viceroy representative.