Ireland - Plan

Question 1

Background 1

Answer 1

• 19th Century
• William Gladstone (British PM)
• Charles Parnell (Irish Nationalist MP)
• “Irish Question”

Question 2

Background 2

Answer 2

• 1886
• Conservatives come into power (anti-home rule)
• “Plan of Campaign”
• Seen as oppression of freedom

Question 3

Factors

Answer 3

• Responses to Home Rule Bill
• Rise of Republicanism
• North vs South
• Irish Cultural Revival
• John Redmond + Nationalist Party

Question 4

Chosen Factors

Answer 4

• HRB
• North vs South
• Irish Cultural Revival

Question 5

Line of Argument

Answer 5

• HRB

Question 6

HRB - K1

Answer 6

• Ulster Covenant
• Sir James Craig
• Sep 1912
• 470,000

Question 7

HRB - K2

Answer 7

• UVF
• Jan 1913
• IVF
• Nov 1913

Question 8

HRB - A1

Answer 8

Showed extreme opposition in the North

Question 9

HRB - A2

Answer 9

• Both sides willing to use violence to get their way

- Threat of a civil war

Question 10

HRB - A+

Answer 10

• Attempts made to find a peaceful resolution
• Buckingham Palace Conference
• July 1914

Question 11

HRB - E

Answer 11

• Most important
• Emotive language
• “Home rule is Rome rule” John Bright MP
• “Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right” Edward Carson

Question 12

NVS - K1

Answer 12

• 56% of north protestant

- Over 90% of south catholic

Question 13

NVS - K2

Answer 13

• Belfast industrialised

- Biggest shipyard, rope works, and tobacco factory in the world

Question 14

NVS - A1

Answer 14

• Sectarianism

- Raised tensions due to contrast

Question 15

NVS - A2

Answer 15

• Industrialists richer than southern farmers

- Contrast raised tensions

Question 16

NVS - A+

Answer 16

• Protestants in north still identified as Irish

- Wanted a united Ireland

Question 17

NVS - E

Answer 17

• HRB caused Curragh Incident (mutiny), British soldiers in Ireland refused to fight unionists, created tensions between Britain + Ireland
• Ne Temere, 1907, no marriage between catholics + protestants, only raised tensions between north + south

Question 18

ICR - K1

Answer 18

• GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association)
• 1884
• No British representatives allowed (e.g. soldiers, policemen)

Question 19

ICR - K2

Answer 19

• Irish Literary Revival
• WB Yeats
• Alice Milligan

Question 20

ICR - A1

Answer 20

• Strong stand against Britain

Question 21

ICR - A2

Answer 21

• Painted Britain as oppressive

- Turned people against Britain

Question 22

ICR - E

Answer 22

• Less important than Republicanism
• Only taught languages + traditions, non-violent
• 1867 rising, bombed a police car to free IRB members, violent + extreme actions

Question 23

ROR - K1

Answer 23

• IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood)
• 1858
• Took part in several unsuccessful risings, 1867

Question 24

ROR - A1

Answer 24

• Inspired others to act

- Set an example

Question 25

ROR - A+

Answer 25

• Sinn Fein (popular Republican Party) declined in popularity after 1905 North Leitrim Elections

Question 26

JRN - K1

Answer 26

• Liberals won with small majority
• 272 seats
• Had to work with IPP (Irish Parliamentary Party) to pass bills
• Led to them supporting HRB

Question 27

JRN - A1

Answer 27

• Allowed IPP to introduce HRB

- Unionists strongly opposed + were concerned about bill passing

Question 28

JRN - A+

Answer 28

• HRB seemed inevitable to Unionists anyway as so many had been attempted to be passed