WW1

Question 1

When did Britain join WW1?

Answer 1

4 August 1914

Question 2

What did Ireland agree to do regarding the war on 3 August 1914?

Answer 2

Defend Ireland itself

Question 3

When was the Woodenbridge speech

Answer 3

20 September 1914

Question 4

What division did the unionists fight for?

Answer 4

36th Ulster Division

Question 5

What divisions did the nationalists fight for?

Answer 5

10th and 16th divisions

Question 6

What did Redmond say Ireland would do at Woodenbridge?

Answer 6

Ireland would go ‘wherever the firing line extends’

Question 7

What groups did the IVF split into?

Answer 7

Irish Volunteers (MacNeill) and National Volunteers (Redmond)

Question 8

Who wrote the Sinn Fein newspaper?

Answer 8

Griffith

Question 9

What was Connolly’s slogan?

Answer 9

‘we serve neither king nor kaiser but ireland’

Question 10

how many joined redmond and the NV?

Answer 10

158,000

Question 11

how many joined macneill and the IV?

Answer 11

12,000

Question 12

when did the liberal-conservative government form?

Answer 12

may 1915

Question 13

when was gallipoli?

Answer 13

May 1915

Question 14

when was the battle of the somme

Answer 14

July 1916

Question 15

how many died in the first day at the battle of the somme

Answer 15

20,000

Question 16

who wasnt part of the cabinet of may 1915

Answer 16

redmond

Question 17

why did redmond make ireland join the war effort

Answer 17

-help protect ‘little belgium’
-good hr deal
-gratitude for hr
-north had joined

Question 18

whose funeral did pearse speak at to stir up nationalists in june 1915

Answer 18

o’donovan rossa

Question 19

who didnt allow redmond to have his own division in ww1

Answer 19

lord kitchener

Question 20

what did redmond want to call the irish division

Answer 20

the irish brigade

Question 21

who was lord kitchener

Answer 21

secretary of state for war

Question 22

what is redmonds language at woodenbridge inspired by

Answer 22

irb