Knowledge organiser 10: Northern Ireland (the troubles) 1968-79

Question 1

Reginald Maulding

Answer 1

A Conservative politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1962 to 1964

Question 2

Brian Faulkner

Answer 2

Was the 6th and last prime Minister of Northern Ireland, from Marc 1971 1until his resignation in March 1972

Question 3

Harry West

Answer 3

A Northern Irish politician who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1974 until 1979

Question 4

Ian Paisley

Answer 4

A Protestant, that believed Catholics were enemies of the state- summed up O’Neill’s bridge-building: “a traitor and a bridge are very much alike, for they both go over to the other side”

Question 5

John Hume

Answer 5

Irish nationalist politician and founder of the Social Democratic and Labour Party

Question 6

Bernadette Devlin

Answer 6

An Irish civil rights leader and former politician, and served as a member of parliament from 169 to 1974

Question 7

Ross McWhirther

Answer 7

The cofounder of the 1955 Guinness Book of Records and a contributor to the TV programme Record Breakers. He was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1975

Question 8

Airey Neave

Answer 8

A British soldier, lawyer, and Member of Parliament from 1953 until his assassination in 1979. Was a close friend of Margret Thatcher and was killed by the Irish Republican Army for being the shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Question 9

Lord Mountbatten

Answer 9

A British statesman, Royal Navy officer, and close relative of the British royal family. Was assassinated onboard his boat, Shadow V, with other members of his family by the Irish Republican Army using a radio controlled bomb

Question 10

Ulster

Question 11

Loyalist

Answer 11

The more extreme versions of Unionists

Question 12

Unionist

Answer 12

Northern Ireland Protestants, that one to keep ties to Britain, due to their historic ties to the nation

Question 13

Republican/ nationalists

Answer 13

Referred to the Northern Ireland catholics, and are people who want to keep their separation from the British- later called Nationalists

Question 14

Gerrymandering

Answer 14

Deliberately planning an electoral system in order to exclude a given group and keep a different group in power indefinitely- a popular example is Londonderry

Question 15

Northern Ireland Civil rights association (NICRA)

Answer 15

Created in 1964, when the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland started to challenge this discrimination. They had a list of demands: one man one vote, redrawing electoral boundaries, and anti-discrimination laws

Question 16

Apprentice boys

Answer 16

A loyalist organisation that marches annually to commemorate the closing of the gates of the city of Derry to Catholic forces by 13 apprentice boys

Question 17

R.U.C (royal ulster constabulary)

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Protestant led organisation

Question 18

Battle of bogside, 1969

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Arrival of British troops, 1969

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Curfews

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Paramilitary organisations

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A private army, usually set up for political force, non-state military force

Question 22

Provisional IRA

Answer 22

An organisation that fought for independence in the Irish War of independence - it did not accept the partition of Ireland. It had been largely dormant since the 1940s

Question 23

I.N.L.A. (Irish national liberation army)

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U.D.A. (Ulster defence association)

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U.V.F. (Ulster volunteer force)

Answer 25

Emerged in 1966 Limited membership and high level of secrecy Led by Gusty Spence- ex British soldier

Question 26

Interment without trial, 1971

Question 27

Operation Demetrius, 1971

Question 28

Bloody Sunday 1972

Question 29

Widgery tribunal, 1972

Question 30

Suspension of stormont government

Question 31

Direct rule

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Diplock courts, 1973

Question 33

Sunningdale agreement, 1973

Question 34

Power-sharing

Question 35

Ulster unionist party

Question 36

Democratic unionist party

Question 37

Alliance party

Question 38

Sinn Fein

Question 39

Social democratic labour party

Question 40

Ulster working council strike, 1974

Question 41

Northern Ireland act, 1974

Question 42

Constitution convection, 1975

Question 43

M62 coach bombing 1974

Question 44

Guildford pub bombing, 1974

Question 45

Woolwich pub bombing, 1974

Question 46

Birmingham pub bombings, 1974

Question 47

Assassination of Ross McWhirther, 1975

Question 48

Assassination of Airey Neave

Question 49

Assassination of Lord Mountbatten, 1979

Question 50

Removal of special category status

Question 51

Blanket protest

Answer 51

Paramilitaries who believed they should have kept their special status protested by walking around the prison naked or with a blanket on

Question 52

Dirty protest, 1978

Question 53

Prevention of terrorism act, 1974