Home Rule

Question 1

When was the first home rule bill?

Answer 1

1886

Question 2

When was the second home rule bill?

Answer 2

1893

Question 3

Who won the 1906 general election?

Answer 3

Liberals with a landslide victory

Question 4

What angered the House of Lords in November 1909?

Answer 4

People’s Budget Bill

Question 5

What happened at the January 1910 elections?

Answer 5

Liberals 274/Conservatives 272

Question 6

What happened at the December 1910 elections?

Answer 6

272/271 hung parliament. IPP balance of power

Question 7

When was the Parliament Act?

Answer 7

August 1911

Question 8

When was the third home rule bill introduced?

Answer 8

April 1912

Question 9

What was the Agar-Robartes amendment of June 1912?

Answer 9

Exclude 4 protestant counties of Ulster

Question 10

When was the UVF set up?

Answer 10

January 1913

Question 11

What was Carson’s tactical amendment?

Answer 11

Exclude all 9 counties of Ulster

Question 12

When was Carson’s tactical amendment?

Answer 12

1 January 1913

Question 13

What was the Lorborne Letter of September 1913?

Answer 13

Told Asquith that compromise was needed and this was a turning point for Liberals

Question 14

When was the Ulster Provisional Government set up?

Answer 14

23 September 1913

Question 15

What happened in Dundee on 9 October 1913?

Answer 15

Churchill made a speech speaking out against Asquith

Question 16

Who was part of the Autumn 1913 secret talks?

Answer 16

Bonar-Law, Carson, Asquith

Question 17

February 1914?

Answer 17

Temporary exclusion

Question 18

What did Carson do on 9 March in HoC?

Answer 18

‘We do not want death with a stay of execution of 6 years’

Question 19

What happened on 20 March 1914?

Answer 19

Curragh Mutiny

Question 20

How many officers were involved in the Curragh Mutiny?

Answer 20

57

Question 21

What did the HoL do on 8 July 1914?

Answer 21

Landsdowne called for a permanent exclusion of all 9 counties of Ulster

Question 22

When did the Buckingham Palace Conference take place?

Answer 22

21-24 July 1914

Question 23

When did the third home rule bill receive royal assent?

Answer 23

18 September 1914

Question 24

Who did Carson replace as leader of the Ulster Unionist council in 1910?

Answer 24

Walter Long

Question 25

What Unionist demonstration happened on 23 September 1911?

Answer 25

Craigavon House

Question 26

What unionist demonstration took place in April 1912?

Answer 26

Balmoral showgrounds

Question 27

What did Bonar-Law’s ‘new style’ of politics consist of?

Answer 27

Histrionic speeches and verbal menace

Question 28

What did Bonar Law accuse Asquith of in Albert Hall in January 1912?

Answer 28

Having a ‘corrupt bargain’ with the IPP

Question 29

When was the Blenheim Palace demonstration?

Answer 29

27 July 1912

Question 30

When was the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant?

Answer 30

28 September 1912

Question 31

How many signed the covenant?

Answer 31

471,414

Question 32

When was the Larne Gun Running?

Answer 32

24 April 1914

Question 33

How much was imported to Larne?

Answer 33

35,000 rifles and 5 million ammo

Question 34

Who was the leader and deputy of IPP?

Answer 34

Redmond and Dillon

Question 35

What does Jackson refer to Asquith’s tactics as?

Answer 35

‘Masterly inactivity’

Question 36

What does Laffan say about Carsonism?

Answer 36

‘Carson rekindled the Fenian Flame’

Question 37

What does Smith say about Bonar Law?

Answer 37

‘Bluff, bluster and brinkmanship’

Question 38

When was the IVF formed?

Answer 38

25 November 1913

Question 39

What triggered the IVF formation?

Answer 39

Eoin MacNeill’s The North Began

Question 40

When was the Howth Gun Running?

Answer 40

July 1914

Question 41

How much was imported to Howth?

Answer 41

1500 rifles and 45,000 ammo

Question 42

What happened at Bachelor’s Walk?

Answer 42

3 civillians killed and 26 injured