easter rising

Question 1

What is the irb and what do they do

Answer 1

irish republican brotherhood. they were a secretive conspiritorial group committed to the establishment of an independent irish republic

Question 2

where was tom clarke before coming back to ireland

Answer 2

USA

Question 3

what does foy say about clarke regaring the rising

Answer 3

he was the ‘true leader of the er’

Question 4

what is new nationalism

Answer 4

more intense form of nationalism with a strong cultural dimension containing cultural renaissance and romantasicing ireland

Question 5

which groups did the irb infiltrate

Answer 5

gaa, gaelic league and ivf

Question 6

what was clarke and macdermotts motto

Answer 6

englands difficulty is irelands opportunity

Question 7

when did the ivf split

Answer 7

after woodenbridge

Question 8

when did the military committee form

Answer 8

may 1915

Question 9

what does rees argue about the military committee

Answer 9

it is the ‘single most important factor in the planning of the er’

Question 10

what is blood sacrifice

Answer 10

the romantic idea that someone’s death would earn god’s favour for a cause

Question 11

who pushed the idea of blood sacrifice

Answer 11

pearse

Question 12

what did pearse say about blood sacrifice

Answer 12

‘bloodshed is a cleansing and sanctifying thing’

Question 13

what does fx martin argue about the rising

Answer 13

‘rising of intellectuals’

Question 14

how was pearse an intellectual

Answer 14

poet and head teacher of a school

Question 15

who founded the ica

Answer 15

connolly

Question 16

what was the ica

Answer 16

irish citizens army

Question 17

what were connollys beliefs

Answer 17

marxist and anti-war

Question 18

what does hart say about the rising

Answer 18

‘turning point’ in irish history

Question 19

what does yeats say in his poems about the rising

Answer 19

‘all changed, changed utterly, a terrible beauty is born’

Question 20

how many died in the er

Answer 20

450

Question 21

how many rebels died in the er

Answer 21

64/1500

Question 22

where was redmond during easter week 1916

Answer 22

london

Question 23

where was dillon during the rising

Answer 23

ireland

Question 24

when did dillon make speech to the hoc about the executions

Answer 24

10 may 1916

Question 25

what did britain do to combat the rising

Answer 25

introduced martial law

Question 26

when were the first talks of a rebellion in ireland

Answer 26

august 1914

Question 27

whos funeral did pearse make a eulogy

Answer 27

o’donnavon rossa

Question 28

who was part of the military committee

Answer 28

pearse, macdemott, clarke, plunkett, connolly, ceannt, macdonagh

Question 29

when was conscription introduced in britain

Answer 29

1 jan 1916

Question 30

when was the er planned

Answer 30

february 1916

Question 31

when was the castle document

Answer 31

19 april 1916

Question 32

what did the castle document do

Answer 32

persuaded macneill to join rising despote having fewer arms as clarke implied that the british had intelligence

Question 33

what was the yacht called that casement used

Answer 33

the aud

Question 34

who was arrested while bringing arms over from germany on easter sundayc

Answer 34

casement

Question 35

what happened to casement

Answer 35

hanged

Question 36

when did the er begin

Answer 36

24 april 1916

Question 37

where did pearse make his proclaimation

Answer 37

general post office

Question 38

how many rebels of the original figure turned up for the rising

Answer 38

1/3

Question 39

who died on 26 april and why was it a big deal

Answer 39

sheehy skeffington, executed without trial for witnessing murder

Question 40

when did general maxwell arrive in ireland

Answer 40

28 april 1916

Question 41

when did the rebels surrender

Answer 41

29 april 1916

Question 42

who was executed 3 may 1916

Answer 42

pearse, clarke, macdonnagh

Question 43

name 3 women who took part in the rising

Answer 43

markievicz, molony, skinnider

Question 44

what did skinnider do in the rising

Answer 44

sniper team of four men

Question 45

what was significant about constance markievicz regarding her sentence

Answer 45

only female sentenced to death but later revoked. became first female elected to parliament

Question 46

what does foster argue about the woodenbridge speech

Answer 46

it was a disaster for redmond as it linked him with an increasingly unpopular war

Question 47

how is lee sympathetic towards redmond regarding woodenbridge

Answer 47

it was necessary as ulster’s special provision was not yet decided

Question 48

what does jackson argue about the war being a cause for the rising

Answer 48

it was ‘virtually unimaginable’ without the war

Question 49

when did the coalition government form

Answer 49

may 1915

Question 50

why was the coalition government significant

Answer 50

only carson joined cabinet despite redmond also being invited

Question 51

what does laffan argue about redmond not joining the coalition cabinet

Answer 51

it left the ipp marginalised at westminster

Question 52

why was there mass discontent after the rising among civillians

Answer 52

destruction of the city and many shops looted

Question 53

who shot sheehy skeffington

Answer 53

colthurst

Question 54

name the 9 british mistakes after the rising

Answer 54

-trials and executions done in secret -martial law -internment camps became republican universtieis -casement was a political blunder -sheehy skeffington -early release of interees in dec 1916/june 1917 -blamed sf -bank holiday made troops slow to respond

Question 55

what was the main internment camp in wales

Answer 55

frongoch

Question 56

when was martial law declared

Answer 56

26 apri; 1916

Question 57

how many were arrested immediately after the rising

Answer 57

3500

Question 58

what does foy and barton say regarding the citizens reaction to the rising

Answer 58

considerable citizen anger

Question 59

what does dillon say about the rising in his 10 may hoc speech

Answer 59

‘i am proud of these men,,, they fought a clean fight’

Question 60

how does lady fingall describe the executions

Answer 60

‘blood seeping under a closed door’

Question 61

what does markievicz say about the rising

Answer 61

‘i wish you had the decency to shoot me’