Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe Flashcards
When was the Easter Uprising?
1916
When was the Irish War of Independence?
1919-21
When was the Irish Civil War?
1922-23
When did the Troubles start?
1969
What was the name of the two branches of the IRA during the Troubles?
The Stickies (official IRA)
Provos (provisional IRA)
Who masterminded the Old Bailey bombing in 1973?
Dolours Price
What was the Irish Famine?
1845-52
Potato crop (upon which a third depended) got diseased
1 million died
1 million emmigrated
British blamed (as food was being exported to England during that time)
What was the name of the bridge where the confrontation happened during the civil rights march in 1969?
Burntollet bridge
Where is Brixton?
Central south London (south of Thames)
How many counties make up Ireland?
26 in the Republic
6 in Northern Ireland
What is Ulster?
It is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); the remaining three are in the Republic of Ireland.
What happened on Bloody Sunday?
1972
14 people killed (they were unarmed)
protest march in Derry against “internment”
Where were many IRA members detained (such as Gerry Adams and Brendon Hughes)?
Long Kesh
at Lisburn (south of Belfast)
Historian: “defeat suited them better than victory, for there was a sense in which Irish republicanism thrived on oppression and the (…) that came with it”? (p187)
isolated exclusivity
What did the prisoners at Long Kesh want in 1976?
Not to be treated as criminals, but as “special category” status. refused to wear uniforms, wore blankets instead. daubed excrement on the walls.
