5) IPP and HR 1912-1914

Question 1

What was Redmon’s counter to Churchill’s Dundee Speech in October 1913?

Answer 1

Redmond countered that Ireland could not be divided

Question 2

What did Lloyd George and Churchill do February 1912 ?

Answer 2

Presented proposals for exclusion of Ulster from HR Bill

Question 3

Who set up the IVF and when ?

Answer 3

Eoin MacNeill formally established the Irish Volunteers in Dublin November 1913

Question 4

What was significant about the formation of the IVF?

Answer 4

Th formation indicated that there was some concern in nationalist Ireland over redmond’s handling of the crisis

Question 5

How did the IPP react to the formation of the IVF

Answer 5

He didn’t want to see nationalists copying the tactics that he had repeatedly condemned and he genuinely distrusted any political movement which was not entirely constitutional

Question 6

How did the liberals react to the formation of the ivf

Answer 6

They were perturbed by the appearance of a second private army in Ireland

Question 7

What reasons did Asquith give to explain why he had to offer concessions to the unionists (3)

Answer 7

• he was anxious to avoid violent confrontations in ulster
• the King was frightened of civil war
• the deteriorating situation in Ireland could create unprecedented problems for the British army

Question 8

What was redmond’s reply to Asquith’s concerns and giving unionists concessions? (2)

Answer 8

• He and Devlin stressed that the threat of civil war in Ulster represented a gross exaggeration
• they warned that an early announcement of concessions could cause grave difficulties for the IPP which could be charged with abandoning those nationalists living in ulster

Question 9

Why did the IPP agree to the county option?

Answer 9

He convinced himself that the exclusion of four ulster counties would be a temporary state of affairs