Chapter 17: 1884-1914, Politics, Culture And Sport Flashcards
Irish Nationalist
Someone who believes that the Irish people are their own nation. There are two types, Constitutional nationalists and radical nationalist.
Constitutional nationalists
Wanted to see the re-establishment of a parliament in Ireland and to achieve this through political means.
Radical nationalist
Wanted full independence from Britain and believed that they should use force if necessary to achieve this. (Irish Republican Brotherhood)
Home Rule
Ireland would have it’s own parliament in Dublin to govern local affairs, such as education and health, while Westminister could still control trade and foreign affairs. Ireland would still be part of the UK
Unionist
Someone who wants Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom with Britain
Parliamentary obstruction
Deliberate interference with the progress of legislation, for example by making very longs speeches to delay the passage of laws through parliament
Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnells had links with the Fenians/IRB and agreed with their method of parliamentary obstruction.
Parnells popularity grew because he tried to solve the land question
Home Rule party won 63 seats in the British General election of 1880.
Parnell used the method of political agitation
Political means were increasingly favoured.
Home rule became known as the Irish Parliamentary Party.
The first Home Rule Bill was defeated as many left that it would lead to Ireland having full independence.
False accusation on Parnell increased popularity.
Katherine O’Shea, his wife was his political downfall.
The second Home Rule bill failed again
Cultural Nationalism
Focuses on promoting a national identity shaped by shared cultural traditions and languages.
Anglicisaiton
The spreading of English culture throughout Ireland, leading to people speaking English, following English customs and playing English sports
Who founded The Gaelic League
Eoin MacNeill and Douglas Hyde founded the Gaelic league
What was the Gaelic League
An organisation whose aim was to promote the Irish language.
It helped slow the decline of the Irish language and culture
The Irish Literary Revival
A movement that aimed to promote Irish literature and coincided with a renewed interest in Gaelic Irish culteral heritage.
They also started GAA which helped promote Irish culture
Parliamentary Abstention
Arthur Griffith from Sinn Féin wanted a parliamentary abstention.
Parliamentary Abstention was Irish MPs would withdraw from the Westminister parliament they entered in the 1801 Act of Union to set up their own parliament in Dublin
What did IRB want
The IRB was founded in 1858, it wanted complete independece from Britain. They also wanted Ireland to be a republic. They would use physical force to achieve this.
Edward Carson wanted
Edward Carson from the Unionist party wanted
The parliament in Westminister to continue to make laws for Ireland, the British government and the Crown to still have representives in Ireland
The Third Home Rule Bill
The Home Rule seemed possible and they attempted for the third time, the Parliament Act. Home Rule would become law in 1914.
The Unionists were not happy, they created the Ulster Volunteer Force, a parliametary force.
The Irish Volunteer Force was then founded in November 1913
Parliamentary Force
An unofficial military - style organisation of amateru soilders
World War I impact
On the 4th August 1914, Britian declared war on Germany. The Home Rule bill was suspended
The war split the Irish Volunteer Force, into the National Volunteers and the Irish Volunteers
National Volunteers
John Redmond helped Britian in the War so then when they come back into Ireland they might be given conpensation, and might recieve the Home Rule
Irish Volunteers
Eoin MacNeill stayed and made sure Home Rule would happen
