The Great War And Its Impacts 1914-39- Ireland Flashcards
Easter rising key causes
Anger with war- thought over by christnmas, high deaths at hands of british
Anti war groups mcneill
Hr delayed and for some distant memory
Election of carson as leader of ulster unions and to asquith coalition ministry 1915
End of easter rising
Britain out of proportion war like actions- shelling general poost office set ablaze, trenches dug
Rebellion condemned by redmond and catholic church
Rebels hunted down and imprisoned 15 executed
Sinn fien increase- voting with their feet dont take seats
Key irish members in easter rising
Tom clarke and sean macderott
Macneill
Pearce
Tom clarke and macdermott
Irish republcian brotherhodd
Secret fraternity joined mid 19thc
Planned rebellion
Motivated by frustration and pressure rather than rev optimism
Believed decline in irrish culture and ideas, wanted complete independence
Macneill
Anti war irish olunteer
Split redmonds volunteers 1914
Opposed idea of unprovijed rebellion felt no realistic proposal for sucess
Patrick pearce
Public face of easter rising
Wrote proclamation
Declare short libed replublic established by revolutions
Romantic- blood sacrifice maytyrdom
Role of general john mazwell
Instrument of brutish policy
Presidened over secret military tribunal- ordering execution of 15 leaders- got blame
Did not deal with british army misdeeds druing easter week- shot civilians
Asquith- guilty on the firtst degree- it was maxwel who wanted the exectution
Consequences of rising on a-i reslations
Increase sinn fein wanting total independance
Anger at maxwell
1918 refuse to take seats
Spark ai war - ira jukk 2 police officers in solohead jan 1919
Lloyd geogre moved to implement hr 1920
Why did easter rising fail
Hostility of people in dublin- betraying soldiers at war
Confined to dblin other towns didnt participate
No outside help- german ships carrying arms intercepted
Rebels outbumbered by soldiers and armed police
Weapons for easter riising
Sir roger casemen irish sypathiser obtained arms from germany for rebellion yet intercepted
Rise sinn fein
We ourselves
Direct result easter risinng
Attempt conscription 1918- all of ireland will rise agianst uyou
73 sf leaders arrested claiming they were plotted with germany
Won 73 seats in 1918 yet refused to take them
Rep for nationalists
Dail
Jan 1919
Parliament of ireland
Eineann was formed and declared indepnedance and democratic withdrawal
De valera chosen as president
Outbreak ww1 on ai relations
Rewarded with hr
War went on longer than expected- leading to easter rising
AI war
Ira murdered two police officers triggerinng it
Ira announce ireland and britain at war
Iraw campaign against royal irish constabulatory (irish police force)- 176 murder of policement in 1920 alone
Lg outlaw sin fein and ira- recruit black and tans former sldiers
Violence escalates and martial law reintroduced
Iraw target civilians acused of sheltering polciemen
21 nov bloody sunday- 11 gb civilians shot
British soldier shot into grounds
British surrendered first
Ai treaty negotiations
Lg wanted ireland to become a dominion- full control over domestic polucy but part of empire with omnarch as head of state
De valera deternined that ireland should become fully independent state
Both sides agreed to talks
De velera sent arthur griffiths and michael collins as chief negotiators
Churchill and austern chamberlian held firm on issue of irish allegience to crowm and empire