Issue 1 Essay : Reasons for Growth in Tensions in Ireland Flashcards

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Historical COntext 1

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Endured Fractious Relationship
great famine 1840s
emigrate and dying

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Historical context 2

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Home rule bills of 1890s also caused tensions

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What are the factors

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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

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Irish Cultural Revival Knowledge

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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.

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Irish Cultural Revival Analysis

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Sense of Irishness
-challenge to British Culture and Rule

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Irish Cultural Revival Analysis +

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not lead to a desire to remove
-enjoy a combination of both cultures

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Re-emergence of Republicanism knowledge

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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

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Re-emergence of Republicanism Analysis

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Political party and group openly anti-British
-alarmed Britain and Ulster as it threatened Union

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Re-emergence of Republicanism Analysis +

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very little support
-restricted to underground element
-many wanted to maintain relationship

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Economic and Religious differences knowledge

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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

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Economic and Religious differences Analysis

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Home rule= parliament in Dublin
-put trade barriers on ulster and Britain, lose economic power
-worried Catholicism would dominate northern life

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Economic and Religious differences Analysis +

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Always existed
-1910 general election reignited divide
-home rule put on P.A
-inevitability of Home Rule = tensions

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Economic and Religious differences Evaluation

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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

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Role of John Redmond Knowledge

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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

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Role of John Redmond Analysis

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Allowed HR on political agenda
-gave IPP real power and influence in British politics
-angered unionists

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Role of John Redmond Analysis +

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catalyst for violent tactics in Irish politics
-Creation of UVF and IVF
-election forced many to act on tensions

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Role of John Redmond Evaluation

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Historian O’Day argues that in Ireland, in particular Catholic areas in southern Ireland had “more political representation than her population justified”
-significant strength in the House of commons.
-Unionists in the North voiceless in parliament
-forced Unionists to use violence

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Unionists and Nationalist Reaction Knowledge

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Unionists were enraged by the Home Rule Bill
-E. Carson rallied 250,000 to sign opposition
-Ulster Solemn League and Covenant in Belfast

1912 third hR crisis Ulster Covenant Council established UVF
-IVF established in response

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Unionists and Nationalist Reaction Analysis

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Openly willing to use violence to achieve respective goals
-UVF any means necessary

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Unionists and Nationalist Reaction Analysis +

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both sides of the political divide were becoming retaliatory in their actions
-result of 1910
-ulster powerless