Home Rule Flashcards
Why did it fail
Conservatives disagreed and thought it would undermine Britain’s power status
Unionists feared discrimination
Ulster had more in common with cities like Glasgow Liverpool
What did the Ulster Unionists do
Got a lawyer called Edward Carson
Ulster covenant which is 200,000 men signed
Ulster volunteer Force smuggled 30,000 rifles and 3 million rounds of ammunition into the port of Larne
What did officers in Curragh do
They threatened to resign rather than fight against the unionists
57 Calvary officers had family connections in Ulster
What did Irish Nationalists do?
They formed a militia called the Irish volunteers
In 1914 the smuggled rifles and ammunition
there were fears of the Civil War
What happened 1914
The home rule bill was due to be law but it was put on hold when the First World War started
Key features of the third home rule bill
Introduced in 1912
Ireland would have its own Parliament which would be able to make laws on Irish matters
40 members of Senate and the 164 members of the lower house
The British government still control defence trade pensions and national insurance
