Ireland 1900-14

Question 1

Viceroy

Answer 1

Represented the king in Ireland.

Question 2

Nationalists 🇨🇮🇬🇧

Answer 2

Wanted Home Ruled
Thought Ireland was being ruled badly
Home Rule Party represented
John Redmond=Leader.

Question 3

Home Rule Party

Answer 3

Represented the Nationalists. Led by John Redmond.

Question 4

John Redmond

Answer 4

Home Rule leader. 80 MPs

Question 5

The IRB 🇨🇮

Answer 5

Nationalists who wanted a republic.

Question 6

What did the IRB want

Answer 6

Independence through violent means.

Question 7

IRB leaders

Answer 7

Sean McDermott

Thomas Clarke

Question 8

Unionists 🇯🇪

Answer 8

Didn't want any changes.
'Home Rule Rome Rule'
Mostly Protestant
Didn't wanna b overshadowed by Catholics
Only had 20 MPs

Question 9

Unionist Leaders

Answer 9

Edward Carson

James Craig

Question 10

Cultural Nationalists

Answer 10

Wanted to prevent Anglicisation

Set up movements to encourage Irish traditions and culture

Question 11

The GAA

Answer 11

Formed 1884
Michael Cusack
Clubs in most parishes
First All Ireland in 1887

Question 12

GAA goals

Answer 12

To increase number of people playing gaelic football and hurling.
To draw up rules for the game
To organise competitions.

Question 13

Gaelic League

Answer 13

1893, Eoin MacNeill and Douglas Hyde
Made to promote Irish
'An Claidheamh Solais' 
Timiri went around the country teaching Irish
Encouraged Irish dancing and music.

Question 14

Gaelic League founders

Answer 14

Eoin MacNeill

Douglas Hyde.

Question 15

Anglo-Irish Literary Revival

Answer 15

Where authors wrote about Ireland- as bearla
Members included WB YEATS and LADY GREGORY
Made plays and poems about Irish myths.
Set up the Abbey Theatre.

Question 16

ITGWU

Answer 16

Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union

10,000 members by 1913

Question 17

William Martin Murphy

Answer 17

Led the employers.

Question 18

Dublin Lockout

Answer 18

When the workers of the ITGWU went on strike the employers refused to let them back in to work until they left the Union.

Question 19

James Larkin

Answer 19

Founded the ITGWU

Went to USA when union was defeated.

Question 20

House of Commons

Answer 20

Had 2 main parties

1. The Liberals
2. The Conservatives

Question 21

The Liberal Party

Answer 21

Asquith- leader

Didn’t really want Home Rule

Question 22

Tories

Answer 22

Andrew Bonar Law
Against Home Rule
Dominated the House of Lords.

Question 23

Lloyd George

Answer 23

PM wanted to increase tax on the rich

House of Lords defeat the bill.

Question 24

General Election 1910

Answer 24

Lloyd George against the Veto of House of Lords.
Liberals needed Home Rule Party’s help.
Redmond demanded Home Rule in return.

Question 25

Parliament Act

Answer 25

1911

Meant the House of Lords could only reject a bill twice

Question 26

Third Home Rule Bill

Answer 26

Re entered in 1912

Would become law in 1914

Question 27

Act of Union 1801

Answer 27

Meant Éire was part if the UK
Ruled from Westminster
Had 105 MPs
Viceroy representative.