Northern Ireland

Question 1

What were the troubles?

Answer 1

The cycle of violence between 1960s and 1990s dominated by terrorist conflict between nationalists and unionists

Question 2

What was the easter rising?

Answer 2

Republicans attacked British troops

Question 3

When was the easter rising?

Answer 3

1916

Question 4

When was the anglo-irish war?

Answer 4

1919-1921

Question 5

What did a treaty of 1921 do?

Answer 5

Partitioned the country creating northern and southern ireland

Question 6

Who was stormont dominated by?

Answer 6

Protestants

Question 7

What did the protestants monopolise?

Answer 7

Best of everything

• housing
• schools
• jobs

Question 8

What did the Catholics believe the political corruption was set up to do?

Answer 8

Take away Catholic voices and operate a system of favouritism

Question 9

Who were the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)?

Answer 9

The police

Question 10

Who were the RUC bias to?

Answer 10

Bias to protestants

Question 11

When did the issues in Northern Ireland become a threat to UK governement?

Answer 11

1964 due to the civil rights movement

Question 12

Why did the civil rights movement begin?

Answer 12

Catholics challenged the situation in Northern Ireland

Question 13

When was the NICRA founded

Answer 13

1967

Question 14

What does NICRA stand for?

Answer 14

Northern Ireland Civil Rights association

Question 15

Who made up the NICRA?

Answer 15

Students

Question 16

What did the NICRA do?

Answer 16

condemned the political corruption and called for a fair distribution of resources

Question 17

What were the marches in October 1968 for?

Answer 17

Civil rights marches of Catholic nationalists protesting against discrimination

Question 18

What was the battle of bogside?

Answer 18

Loyalist apprentice boys held their annual march in Derry however were attacked in bogside (catholic area) by nationalists.
The RUC were seen on TV beating people causing mass riots across the nation

Question 19

When was the battle of bogside?

Answer 19

1969

Question 20

When were the first deaths due to the troubles?

Answer 20

Summer 1969

Question 21

What did James Callaghan do in 1969 in Northern Irealnds?

Answer 21

He sent British troops to Northern Ireland
At first they were welcomes
IRA reorganised and attacked

Question 22

What did Heath try to find in Northern Ireland?

Answer 22

A political solution

Question 23

Who did Heath support in 1971 (NI)?

Answer 23

Brian Faulkner

Question 24

Who was Brian Faulkner?

Answer 24

Unionists leader of Belfast government

Question 25

What did Brian Faulkner introduce?

Answer 25

Night-time curfews | Internment

Question 26

What is Internment?

Answer 26

Arrested suspected trouble maker without holding a trial

Question 27

What percentage of people arrested by internment were Catholic?

Answer 27

95%

Question 28

What were the consequences of internment?

Answer 28

- 95% Catholics - 'Best recruiting tool' for the IRA - Increased tensions - Increased Catholic belief of persecution - Strained relations between the British and Irish government - Destroyed cross-party relations - Many Labour MPs hated and called for withdrawal of troops

Question 29

When was Bloody Sunday?

Answer 29

30th January 1972

Question 30

What was Bloody Sunday?

Answer 30

NICRA started a prohibited civil rights movement march causing British soldiers to fire at unarmed civilians

Question 31

What were the consequences of Bloody sunday?

Answer 31

26 unarmed were shot and 13 died

Question 32

When was the British embassy in Dublin burned down?

Answer 32

1972

Question 33

What was the deadliest years of the troubles and why?

Answer 33

1972 1382 explosions 10628 shot 480 killed

Question 34

When did Heath suspend stormont?

Answer 34

March 1972

Question 35

When Stormont was suspended who had rule over Ireland?

Answer 35

Westminister

Question 36

What was the Widgery report?

Answer 36

An inquiry into Bloody Sunday | Claims that British troops were shot at first

Question 37

When was the Widgery report?

Answer 37

May 1973

Question 38

When was the Sunningdale agreement?

Answer 38

1973

Question 39

Who was part of the Sunningdale agreement?

Answer 39

SDLP Alliance UUP Dublin government

Question 40

What were the proposals of the sunningdale agreement?

Answer 40

- Power share - Elected assembly using proportional representation - Council of Ireland would get input from the Republic of Ireland

Question 41

What were the consequences of the Sunningdale agreement?

Answer 41

- Violence - increased IRA attacks - Seen as a sell out by extremists - UUP pulled out in Jan 1974 replacing leader - In Feb 1974 election 11/12 NI constituencies elected an anti sunningdale candidate - Opposed parties only put up one candidate

Question 42

How long was the strikes in May 1974 in Ireland?

Answer 42

15 days - to protest the sunningdale agreement

Question 43

What was the 1974 Northern Ireland act?

Answer 43

Created a constitutional convention | Reintroduce power sharing

Question 44

What was the 1974 prevention of terrorism act?

Answer 44

Gave police extended powers

Question 45

What was the cause of the 1974 prevention of terrorism act?

Answer 45

Pub bombings from the IRA in Oxford and Birmingham

Question 46

What was the turnout of the 1974 election?

Answer 46

66%

Question 47

What did the turnout of the 1974 election show in Northern Ireland?

Answer 47

People were more willing to follow a peaceful path

Question 48

When was the constitutional convention dissolved?

Answer 48

1976 July

Question 49

What does it mean when the government withdrew 'special category status'?

Answer 49

They were no longer treated as political prisoners rather as if they were criminals

Question 50

What were blanket protests?

Answer 50

Refused to wear their prison uniform

Question 51

What did the blanket protests develop into?

Answer 51

Dirty protests

Question 52

What were dirty protests?

Answer 52

Prisoners refused to leave their cells and smeared shit up the walls

Question 53

In 1979, how many prisoners were part of the dirty protest?

Answer 53

250