Christmas Exam ('00-'14) Part 2 Flashcards
What was Carson’s amendment of Jan 1913?
To exclude nine-county province of Ulster from the HR bill. It was purely tactical and was rejected.
Why did Carson move an amendment to the HR Bill in Jan 1913?
As a tactical move to focus attention on Ulster’s hostility to a Catholic parliament
What did Asquith do in response to Carson’s Jan 1913 amendment?
Once again, he played ‘wait-and-see’; to not confront the issue.
Who moved an amendment to the HR bill in Jan 1913?
Unionist Carson
Who called for a compromise in HR bill in Sep 1913?
Lord Loreburn, a Liberal peer. He warned of serious rioting in Ulster if there was no change to bill.
What did Lord Loreburn think would happen if HR bill was unchanged? What did this letter mean?
Serious rioting in Ulster; temperature was rising in the Irish political sphere - precursor to civil war.
When did Churchill and Bonar Law meet for secret talks about HR?
By September 1913
Who did Churchill meet with secretly to discuss HR?
Bonar Law
Who did Bonar Law meet with to discuss HR in Mid-Late 1913?
Churchill (Head of Navy) and Asquith (PM)
Who did Asquith meet to discuss HR in Autumn 1913?
Law and Carson
Who did Asquith meet to discuss HR in Dec 1913 and Jan 1914?
Respectively, Law and Carson.
What did Asquith propose to avoid violence in Ulster?
Home Rule within Home Rule - Parliament in Belfast and Dublin
What did Home Rule within Home Rule mean?
Separate parliaments based in Belfast and in Dublin.
How did Carson respond to Asquith’s HR within HR proposition?
He rejected it. Demanded six counties permanently excluded. Asquith turned this down.
What did Asquith tell Redmond in Feb 1914 regarding HR?
Some form of exclusion was unavoidable - this was not great for the IPP
What was the ‘Price of Peace’ proposal?
That counties could vote to be excluded from HR for period of 6 years.
How did Nationalist Redmond respond to the Price of Peace proposal?
He accepted it 6 Mar 1914
How did Unionist Carson respond to the Price of Peace proposal?
He rejected time limit - “don’t want a sentence of death with a stay of execution for six years”.
Ultimately, what happened to the Price of Peace proposal?
It was added to the HR bill.
What grew and spread as HR made its way through parliament?
Threat of violence. Unionist and Conservative leaders made veiled threats since 1912.
When was the Irish Volunteer Force (IVF) formed?
November 1913
What formed in November 1913?
Irish Volunteer Force (IVF)
What move showed concern in Nationalist Ireland for Redmond’s handling of HR crisis?
The formation of the Irish Volunteer Force - they would take it into their own hands; paramilitary alternatives were gaining support.
What did the formation of the IVF in Nov 1913 mean?
Paramilitary alternatives were gaining support.
Who was Eoin MacNeill?
An Irish Nationalist and Gaelic Revivalist who wrote the article ‘The North Began’ which called on Irish Nationalists to form a force to reinforce their demands of HR
When was the IVF formed?
25 Nov 1913
How was Eoin MacNeill involved in forming IVF?
In his article ‘The North Began’, he called on Irish nationalists to form a force to further demand home rule.
What did Patrick Pearse say about IVF formation?
“I think the Orangeman with a rifle a much less ridiculous figure than a nationalist without one.”