Ireland in World War One Flashcards
Why was the HRB not passed when it reached royal assent?
Another bill 3 days before postponed it until he end of the war
What had reached royal assent at the very start of WW1?
The 3rd HRB (18th September)
Why did the Irish volunteers split in 1914?
- how many joined the British army?
- how many stayed behind?
Redmond encouraged IVF members to join he british forces (Redmond hoped this would score favour with Britain and unionists in Ireland)
- 150,000-170,000 formed the national volunteers
- 10,000 influenced by IRB stayed as the Irish volunteers
How many Irishmen joined the British army?
80,000 nationalists on the word of Redmond
40,000 unionists (who formed the 36th ulster division)
A large number of Irish women also volunteered as VAD nurses
Why did the number of Irish volunteers decline as the war progressed?
-what happened to the royal Dublin fusiliers at Gallipoli?
Irish often not rewarded despite great bravery (36th ulster division) and massive loss, at the battle of the Somme in particular
- started with 25 officers and 987 other ranks
- only 1 officer and 347 other ranks finished
What was the response to the British government looking to introduce conscription in Ireland in January 1916?
Redmond intervened to stop it as it would’ve been:
- unpopular
- disastrous for Irish party who had put such emphasis on volunteering
What was the Easter rising?
- when did it take place?
- who organised it and led the rising?
An uprising against British rule in Dublin
- 24th-30th April 1916
- IRB leaders, Patrick Pearce and James conelley
During the Easter rising, what buildings were taken over?
- how many people were involved?
- what did the rebels do once they had taken these buildings?
GENERAL POST OFFICE, St Stephen’s green, the four courts, Boland’s mill, the South Dublin Union
- 1,300 IVF members and 300 of the Dublin citizen army
- hung the Irish republican flag and tricoloured flag off the GPO, made it defensible and read the “Proclamation to an independent Ireland”
Why was the rising easy initially?
- why did it get harder later?
- what terms did the British give when the rebels had to stop?
Easy initially because they were only fighting 400 troops-the rest were fighting in WW1, the Easter rising had taken Britain by surprise
- got harder when the number of troops increased to 18,000-20,000 and they started using artillery
- unconditional surrender
Why was the number of casualties in the Easter rising fairly low?
They were defending from in the capital=easier
They fought well and were well coordinated
What was going to happen to the rebels?
- why did the British commander order this?
- what actually happened?
- why the change?
90 prisoners were to be court marshalled and shot
- he wanted to murder the Prov-Gov of Ireland
- reduced executions to just the 15 leaders, the remaining 75 had death sentences commuted to a life sentence
- killing mass number a of Irishmen would look bad for Anglo-Irish relations
How did people initially react to the Easter rising?
-how did people react after the British commanders orders?
Initially people were horrified with the rebels for jeopardising the HRB and adding further death and destruction on top of WW1
- > the Catholic Church and Redmond condemned the rising
- the British commanders orders were harsh and people were horrified with the British government for being so harsh, they became more sympathetic to the rebels who had fought for their beliefs
