Issue 1 Essay : Reasons for Growth in Tensions in Ireland Flashcards
Historical COntext 1
Endured Fractious Relationship
great famine 1840s
emigrate and dying
Historical context 2
Home rule bills of 1890s also caused tensions
What are the factors
Irish cultural revival
Re-emergence of republicanism
Religious and Economic Differences
Role of John Redmond and Nationalist Party
Response of Unionists and Nationalists to the Home Rule Bill
Irish Cultural Revival Knowledge
W.B Yates
-culture disappearing
-reestablish a strong Irish culture
-gaelic league and writing societies
1884 the Gaelic Athletic Association
-preservation and cultivation for national pastimes
-Gaelic Football and Hurling.
Irish Cultural Revival Analysis
Sense of Irishness
-challenge to British Culture and Rule
Irish Cultural Revival Analysis +
not lead to a desire to remove
-enjoy a combination of both cultures
Re-emergence of Republicanism knowledge
Sinn Fein Aurthur Griffith 1904
-batb, set up own parliament
-lead to collapse
he Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB)
(thomas Clarke)
-recruit young men to support leave
Re-emergence of Republicanism Analysis
Political party and group openly anti-British
-alarmed Britain and Ulster as it threatened Union
Re-emergence of Republicanism Analysis +
very little support
-restricted to underground element
-many wanted to maintain relationship
Economic and Religious differences knowledge
Ulster was mainly protestant (56%)
southern provinces were predominantly catholic (90%).
Ulster was the most industrialised
-benefitted from empire
South was more agricultural
-didn’t depend on empire as much
Economic and Religious differences Analysis
Home rule= parliament in Dublin
-put trade barriers on ulster and Britain, lose economic power
-worried Catholicism would dominate northern life
Economic and Religious differences Analysis +
Always existed
-1910 general election reignited divide
-home rule put on P.A
-inevitability of Home Rule = tensions
Economic and Religious differences Evaluation
Home Rule is Rome Rule
-fear
-too much power handed to catholic population at expense of protestants
-only as a result of 1910 did fear become imminent threat
Role of John Redmond Knowledge
1908, Asquith (Pro HR) replaced Campbell-Bannerman as Prime Minister.
-1910 liberals and IPP made coalition if HR was passed
IPP consistently strong
-reflected spport for HR
Role of John Redmond Analysis
Allowed HR on political agenda
-gave IPP real power and influence in British politics
-angered unionists