8. Ireland Flashcards
the easter rising: to what extent did the suspension of the home rule act at the start of the war solve the problem
it didn’t, it only shelved it
the easter rising: why did many irish and ulster volunteers join the british army
John Redmond and Edward carson both urged their volunteers to support the war effort
the easter rising: who did Redmond insist on taking over as leader of
irish volunteers in 1914
the easter rising: what did Redmond rename irish volunteers
national volunteers
the easter rising: how was Redmond received by national volunteers
many accepted his leadership
the easter rising: why did a number of men break away from national volunteers
disagreed with participation in war
the easter rising: who were spliter group ‘Irish Volunteers’ led by
Eoin MacNeill
the easter rising: how many of MacNeil’s irish volunteers were there by 1916
10,000
the easter rising: what remained the priprority for irish volunteers
self rule of ireland
the easter rising: why was MacNeill himself against a premature rising against the British
it would have no possible chance of success
the easter rising: who planned to go ahead with uprising despite macneils resistance
a small group of his fellow commanders and other revolutionaries
key figures: tom Clarke, Patrick pearse, james Connolly and sean mcdermott
the easter rising: why did it not matter to pearse whether the rebellion succeeded or failed
to die for Ireland was a noble case in itslef
The Easter rising: what did the Irish volunteers do in 1916 along with 1000 armed rebels
Seized the general post office in Dublin on Easter Monday
The Easter rising: what did the Irish nationalist poster proclaim
The establishment of the Irish republic
The Easter rising: why did it have limited effect
The hoped for invasion by Herman forces and national uprising by Irish people didn’t happen
The Easter rising: how did the armed forces react
Post office bombarded and destroyed and fierce fighting spread throughout the city
450 died 2600 sounded
The results of the Easter uprising: why did the rising appear to be a failure
Only bout 1600 joined rebels and there was no support outside of Dublin
The results of the Easter uprising: who was the rebellion condemned by
The Catholic Church and redmond and more moderate natuonalisdits
The results of the Easter uprising: why did Irish attitudes start to change towards rebellion
7 indivials who signed proclamation and 8 others tried and shot
3000 arrested and 1800 sent to England
Caused wave of revulsion against British rule
The results of the Easter uprising: why did anti war and anti British sentiment harden
Rebels became martyrs
The results of the Easter uprising: who did Sinn Fein gain prestige at expense of
Irish parliamentary party
The results of the Easter uprising: which myth developed
That Easter rising was Sinn Fein
The results of the Easter uprising: correlation for anger at British actions and support for Sinn Fein
As anger at British actions grew, so did support for Sinn Fein
The results of the Easter uprising: what had Sinn Fein become by the end of 1916
A revolutionary party committed to the establishment of an Irish republic