Ireland Booklet 1

Question 1

How many people owned the land in Ireland?

Answer 1

Fewer than 800 people

Question 2

What job were most Irish people in 1850

Answer 2

Tenant farmers

Question 3

How many families were evicted in 1850?

Answer 3

Nearly 20,000

Question 4

What effect did the repel of the corn laws have?

Answer 4

Reduced grain prices

Question 5

What were the differences between Ulster and the rest of Ireland?

Answer 5

Had a substantial Protestant community
More industrialised
Farmers are more prosperous
Supported by British rule

Question 6

What percent of the population was Anglican in 1850?

Answer 6

Less than 10%

Question 7

What percent of the population was catholic in 1850?

Answer 7

88%

Question 8

What religion were most land owners?

Answer 8

Protestant

Question 9

How much of the population fell between 1850-70

Answer 9

20%

Question 10

How many people immigrated during the great famine?

Answer 10

over 1 million

Question 11

How many people emigrated during the great famine?

Answer 11

over 1 million

Question 12

When were Catholics able to vote for MPs?

Answer 12

1829

Question 13

In 1850 what percent of Irish men had enough land/ property to qualify to vote?

Answer 13

16%

Question 14

What did the famine lead to?

Answer 14

Bitterness towards the English

Question 15

When was the land league founded?

Answer 15

October 1879

Question 16

What was the Irish Tennant league?

Answer 16

it demanded for land reform and for the three F’s ( fixed tenure, fair rents, free sales)
it was founded in 1850

Question 17

What was the Home Rule League?

Answer 17

founded in 1873- by Issac Butt and campaigned for home rule

Question 18

Who was Daniel O’Connell?

Answer 18

he campaigned for Catholic Emancipation in 1829 and in the 1840s he demanded for the repel of the act of union

Question 19

What was the Irish Parliamentary Party?

Answer 19

political party that developed out of home rule and was made up of MP’s that campaigned for home rule and land reform in Westminster

Question 20

When was the fenian movement?

Answer 20

1858

Question 21

What was the Irish Republican brotherhood?

Answer 21

was a secret nationalist society founded by James Stephans in 1858. It consisted of the american wing ( fenian brotherhood) and raised funds from irish americans.

Question 22

Who was Michael Davitt?

Answer 22

he was part of the fenian movement and was imprisoned after taking part in an anti british rebellion in 1867 and on his release he founded the land league

Question 23

Who was Parnell?

Answer 23

he was a major campaigner for the land reform and home rule, he was an MP, President of the land league from 1879-81 and leader of the INP between 1882-91

Question 24

When were the Manchester Martyrs?

Answer 24

1867

Question 25

How many people were killed in the fenian rebellion and how many were imprisioned?

Answer 25

12 dead thousands imprisioned

Question 26

Consequences of the fenian movement?

Answer 26

increase in anti irish feelings from the british, some major politicians were concerned about the violence and started to call for new policies to address the situation in ireland

Question 27

When were the Land Wars?

Answer 27

1877-82

Question 28

What were the consequences of the land wars?

Answer 28

violence against landlords and land agents increased crime increased mass meetings and strikes were held land league also boycotting of abusive landlords

Question 29

When was the first Irish land act?

Answer 29

1870

Question 30

What effect did the Irish land act 1870 have?

Answer 30

it set up land tribunals who were supposed to rule on what was a fair rent security of tenure if rent was paid loans to help tenants pay rent

Question 31

When was the first Coercion act?

Answer 31

1870

Question 32

What effect did the 1870 Coercion act have?

Answer 32

gave police constables extensive powers to carry out arrests and destroy any positive asspects of reform 1870 reform

Question 33

What effect did the 1869 Disestablishment act have?

Answer 33

Anglican church of ireland was disestablished and no longer the official state church of ireland

Question 34

When effect did the 1881 Coercion act have?

Answer 34

mean land league was banned and suspects could be imprisioned without trial

Question 35

When was the second Land League act?

Answer 35

1881

Question 36

What effect did the 1881 Land league act have?

Answer 36

set up land courts to establish a fair rent rent fixed for 15 years, tenant safe from eviction if they are paid. rent could not be increased against a tenants improvements

Question 37

when was the kilmainham treaty?

Answer 37

1882

Question 38

when was the arrears act?

Answer 38

1882

Question 39

What effect did the kilmainham and arrears act have?

Answer 39

government would settle the current arrears of rents of less than £30 as part of the traty parnell was also released from prison

Question 40

When was Parnell released from prison?

Answer 40

may 1882

Question 41

When were the Phoenix park Murders?

Answer 41

1882

Question 42

What were the Phoenix Park Murders?

Answer 42

when extremist fenian group murdered two major politicians

Question 43

What was Gladstones view of Home Rule in ireland pre 1885?

Answer 43

he resented the idea and wanted to 'pacify ireland'

Question 44

In the election of 1885 who had the balance of power?

Answer 44

the irish nationalists

Question 45

How come Gladstone changed his mind about Home Rule in 1885?

Answer 45

He went on holiday in norway and noticed that the norwegian people were happily tied to sweden

Question 46

When was the first home rule bill?

Answer 46

1886

Question 47

What were the reactions to the first home rule bill?

Answer 47

opposition on all sides caused £90,000 of property damage in belfast due to riots conservatives fiercely opposed he announced this bill without consulting chamberlin and he broke off from gladstone and formed the liberal unionists with 77 MPs liberals lost 127 MPs

Question 48

When was the home rule bill?

Answer 48

1892/93

Question 49

What was proposed in the 1892/3 home rule bill?

Answer 49

have an irish parliment in dublin 80 Irish MPs stay in westminster british government would retain power over foreign policy

Question 50

What happened to the second home rule bill?

Answer 50

it was passed by the house of commons but defeated in the house of lords by 419 to 41 votes

Question 51

What did the 1886 home rule bill propse?

Answer 51

create an irish parliament which had the power to decide on issues that would effect the irish people Irish MPs would go to this new parliament not westminster the british government would retain power over things like war trade and foreign policy