ireland 1886-1914

Question 1

what was set up to help revive irish culture?

Answer 1

gaelic athletic association 1884
gaelic league
sinn fein

Question 2

1885 ashbourne act

Answer 2

government would lend tenants all the money they needed to buy their holdings
little used because the repayments were higher than the amount they had paid

Question 3

1887 land act

Answer 3

this extended the benefits of the second Land Act including fair rent to lease holders

Question 4

1891 land purchase act

Answer 4

allocated more money for tenants to buy their land but terms still not attractive to most of them

Question 5

1903 land purchase act

Answer 5

tenants could borrow all the money to buy thier land then pay 3.25% of what they had borrowed for 68 years - less than their normal rate
landowners would get 12% above normal market price for the land
far more tenants brought their land than ever before

Question 6

what did the conservatives acheive?

Answer 6

irish countryside was much more peaceful - desire for Home Rule surpressed

conservatives had made a permanent alliance with the liberal unionists - weakened libs and helped cons stay in power

Question 7

why did the liberals first delay and then introduce home rule?

Answer 7

Campbell-Bannerman didn’t want Home Rule and instead wanted step-by-step moves to self-government
didn’t depend on Irish support due to large majority in 1906 election
introduced Irish Council Bill in 1907 but Redmond didn’t like it
lost their parlimentary majority in 1910 and needed Irish MPs support with the 1909 budget so granted Home Rule

Question 8

third home rule bill 1912

Answer 8

there would be two assemblies in the Irish parliament which would at first be appointed by the British government
Ireland would have 42 MPs at westminister

Question 9

why did the ulster protestant resist the third home rule bill?

Answer 9

protestant feared it for religious reasons
businessment feared an Irish Parliament would harm Irish industry as it would be dominated by farmers.

Question 10

how seriously did ulster resist to third home rule bill?

Answer 10

revived orange order
chose Carson as leader
470,000 signed agreement to resist
joined together the UVF
UVF got 35,000 rifles and 5 million rounds of ammunition
had support of the conservatives and Bonar LAw

Question 11

how did the nationalists respond to the ulster resistance?

Answer 11

fenians started recruiting again
Irish volunteerss formed

Question 12

how did the government control Ireland?

Answer 12

extra guards put on arms depots in Ulster
battleships moved to northern ireland and scotland
many officers sympathetic to protestants
soldiers said that they would rather be dismissed than obey orders to act - looked bad for libs

Question 13

what did Salisbury want to do to Home Rule?

Answer 13

kill it with kindness
use co ercion

Question 14

who did salisbury appoint?

Answer 14

balfour

Question 15

what acts did Salisbury pass?

Answer 15

ashbourne land act
congested districts board

Question 16

what was the plan of campaign?

Answer 16

set up by Dillon to encourage tenants to bargain for further rents and refuse pay if necessary
problem for Salisbury
shows that land agitation remained
Salisbury got Pope to comdemn

Question 17

what did balfour do effectivley?

Answer 17

prevented another famine
did effective relief

Question 18

what did Salisbury do in Ireland that was bad?

Answer 18

imprisoned famous poet - WIlfred Blunt
when violence occured in Michaelstown the police killed 3 demonstrators