The decline of the IPP and the Rise of Sinn Fein Flashcards
What was Griffith’s middle way
a monarchist approach between Home Rule and a republic
How many seats did Sinn Fein win in 1910
7
Who was criticised for their heavy-handed approach to the handling of the rebels of 1916
Major-General Sir John Maxwell
What did the British government wrongly term the Easter Rising
the Sinn Fein Rebellion
The protracted and secretive nature of the executions shocked Ireland as the image of “–” was prevalent
“blood seeping under a closed door”
Which rebel was shot propped up on a chair because he could not stand up
James Connolly
Which historian described the build up of a “cult of dead leaders” after the rebels executions
Lyons
Which historian said this: “Sinn Fein’s birth certificate had been written with steel in the immortal blood of the martyrs of 1916.”
Sean O’Kelly
Dillon exposed the British atrocity whereby which writer was murdered whilst in custody
Francis Sheeky-Skeffington
What had Cardinal Logue said about the Lloyd-George negotiations
“it would be infinitely better to remain as we are for 50 more years than to accept these proposals”
What did Redmond say at Woodenbridge
He pledged Irish support to serve “not only in Ireland itself, but wherever the firing line extends”
Redmond’s woodenbridge speech caused a split in the IVF. How many joined the newly created Irish Volunteers under Eoin MacNeill
12 000
What cabinet did Redmond refuse to join, thus allowing Carson and B-L to exert significant influence
the War Cabinet
The IPP won 5 by elections between what — 1914 and —-1916
December 1914 and March 1916
What did Redmond agree to during the Lloyd George negotiations which dealt a fatal blow to the IPP
He agreed to a compromise of temporary exclusion of Fermanangh, Antrim, Tyrone, Londonderry, Armagh and Down even though this did not happen as Br govt insisted on permamnent exclusion
When were the Lloyd George negotiations
May-July 1916
When was the West Cork by-election
November 1916
Did SF or the IPP win the West Cork by-election
IPP
Who represented Sinn Fein in the West Cork by-election
MacCurtain, an interned volunteer in Reading
Who succeeded Asquith as Br PM
Lloyd George
One of Lloyd George’s first acts as PM was to release internees from —– and —– jail in Dec 1916
Frongoch and Reading jail
When was the North Roscommon by-election
3 Feb 1917
Who represented Sinn Fein, whilst standing as an independent, in the North Roscommon by-election
Count George Noble Plunkett
Who was Count George Noble Plunkett the father of
executed IRB leader Joseph Plunkett
In what by-election did youthful SF volunteers carry elderly voters through the snow, bridging the generation gap
the North Roscommon by election
Who helped involve the younger clergy in the North Roscommon by-election
Father Flanagan
Who, newly released from Frongoch, campaigned dynamically for the North Roscommon byelection
Michael Collins
What were the results of the North Roscommon by-election
SF 3077 votes
IPP 1708
Within Sinn Fein, there were divisions in the leadership between
Plunkett and Griffith
Plunkett’s overbearing leadership style alienated many of the bodies which combined to make up the separatist movement. This was made clear by many separatist delegates refusing to attend —– after being invited by Plunkett
the April convention at Dublin Mansion House
A split in SF was averted when Griffith and —- pieced together a compromise: “The Mansion House Committee”
O’Flanagan
By Oct 1917, how many members did Sinn Fein have
200 000
In July 1917, how many members did Sinn Fein have
11 000
By Oct 1917, how many clubs did Sinn Fein have
1200, a SF club in every parish in Ireland
When was the South Longford by-election
May 1917
Who did SF run in the South Longford by-election
a prisoner candidate, Joe McGuiness
In the South Longford by-election, Michael Collins persisted with the campaign slogan —-
“Put him in, to get him out.”
What about the South Longford by-election suggests SF vote-rigging
First count, IPP’s Patrick MacKenna won by 37 votes but more votes were later discovered
Who stood for the IPP in the South Longford by-elections
Patrick MacKenna
When did Dillon accuse Lloyd George in the House of Commons of “manufacturing Sinn Feiners by tens of thousands” and undermining constitutional nationalism
26 Feb 1917
Who, on the 8 May 1917, right before the South Longford by-election, blasted the IPP in the ‘Irish Independent’ for its concessions on partition
Dr William Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin
When were Eamon de Valera and Thomas Ashe released from Lewes jail
June 1917