Ireland and Anglo-Irish relations Flashcards
(17 cards)
What was passed in 1887?
Coercion Act
What did the Coercion Act do?
Reduced Irish violence
What was passed in 1891?
Land Act
What was the 1891 Land Act?
Empowered tenants and reduced the power of landlords
What happened in 1890?
O’Shea Affair
What were the consequences of the O’Shea Affair?
Split the IPP and alienated key voters
Forced Gladstone to abandon Parnell because he could not lose non-Irish support
Derailed the Home Rule movement
What was Wyndams Land Scheme?
£86 million grant to help peasants buy land
What were the effects of Wyndams Land Scheme?
By 1914, 2/3 Irish farmers owned land
What was established in 1893 and what did it do?
Gaelic established
Promoted Irish culture via an Irish literary revival
What was created in 1905?
Sinn Fein
Who led the UUP?
Edward Carlson
Ulster Volunteer Force
100,00 men by Dec 1912
Funded by the Tories from 1912
What was the 1912 covenant?
Signed by 200,000 people
Frighten off the government from passing Home Rule
Who was appointed as Ireland secretary in 1887?
Balfour
What happened in September 1887?
Riot in Michelstown
Police shot and killed three of the demonstrators
What did Asquith attempt to pass in 1912?
Third Home Rule bill
BUT it was delayed by the Lords and there was heavy Ulster opposition, by the time it was meant to pass, WW1 broke out
What clause did Asquith add to his Home Rule bill in 1913?
The people of any Irish county could opt out of a United Ireland, to be reversed after 6 years
Dismissed by Carson because of the threat of civil war
