The Government of Ireland Act 1920

Question 1

Who was Walter Long

Answer 1

Prominent Unionist Leader from 1905-‘09

Question 2

When was a British cabinet committee for Ireland established under Walter Long

Answer 2

7 October 1919

Question 3

When did the British cabinet committee for Ireland decide that there should be separate North and South parliaments as well as a “common council” to discuss matters involving both areas

Answer 3

15 October 1919

Question 4

In the British governments manifesto for the 1918 general election, they gave two provisos regarding Home Rule. What were they

Answer 4

1. Ireland would remain in the Empire
2. 6 counties could not be forced into an All-Ireland govt without consent

Question 5

Which historian suggests that the GOIA was “essentially constructed to solve Irish problems as it stood in 1914 not in 1920”

Answer 5

Roy Foster

Question 6

How many constituencies in Ulster did Ulster Unionists win in the 1918 general election

Answer 6

22/37

Question 7

When did Lloyd George reveal his strategy for an All-Ireland devolved government which would be under the authority of Westminster

Answer 7

22 December 1919

Question 8

What did the GOIA propose (4pts)

Answer 8

1. Establishment 2 separate parliaments in Northern and Southern Ireland
2. Election to 2 parliaments based on PR to safeguard rights of minorities in each region
3. Powers of parliament similar to 1914 act- had responsibility for internal affairs, Westminster still retains considerable control
4. Estab of a ‘Council of Ireland’. Representatives from North and South would work together to deal with common problems

Question 9

Long’s committee favoured the exclusion of how many counties

Answer 9

9

Question 10

Which senior Conservative minister supported 6-county exclusion, hoping for its permanence

Answer 10

Arthur Balfour

Question 11

Which senior Conservative minister supported 6-county exclusion, hoping for its permanence

Answer 11

Arthur Balfour

Question 12

Why did Ulster Unionists exist on 6 county, rather than 9 county, exclusion

Answer 12

Feared that within a few years the growing catholic population of 9 counties would outvote them into an All-Ireland state within a few years. It would shorten the time of partition and make reunification more certain

Question 13

When did the Government of Ireland Act receive royal assent

Answer 13

23 December 1920

Question 14

When did the GOIA come into operation, with elections for parliaments held three weeks later

Answer 14

3 May 1921

Question 15

When was the UUC meeting which hosted bitter agreements over 6 vs 9 county exclusion

Answer 15

10 March 1920

Question 16

When was the UUC meeting in which only 80/390 delegates supported 9 county exclusion

Answer 16

27 May 1920

Question 17

Who was Charles Craig

Answer 17

an MP and brother of James Craig

Question 17

Who was Charles Craig

Answer 17

an MP and brother of James Craig

Question 18

Unionists in which 3 counties believed they had been betrayed by other Unis who were breaking their Covenant delegations over the acceptance GOIA

Answer 18

Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal

Question 19

What %uni population did North Monaghan have

Answer 19

35%

Question 20

What %uni population did East Donegal have

Answer 20

40%

Question 21

The GOIA act provided few safeguards for the unionist minority in the —- and —– of Ireland

Answer 21

South and West

Question 22

How did SF use the elections held in the 26 county state in May 1921

Answer 22

SF used them to establish a Second Daíl

Question 23

How many seats did SF win in the 1921 elections, thus consolidating their popular mandate for the Daíl

Answer 23

124 out of 128 seats

Question 24

What % of NI was Catholic

Answer 24

34%

Question 25

Nationalists comprised a majority in which 2 counties of NI

Answer 25

Tyrone and Fermanagh

Question 26

Who claimed that they saw partition as permanent and had no intention of cooperating with the Council of Ireland

Answer 26

Charles Craig

Question 27

Who was correct in their assessment that reunification could only occur if there was a strong desire for it both North and South

Answer 27

Austen Chamberlain