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Northern Ireland Flashcards

(36 cards)

1
Q

How much did O’Neill invest in the NI economy

A

£900million

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2
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How many economic zones did O’Neill create

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5

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3
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Who became the minister of development with responsibility for driving forward the modernisation of the economy

A

Brian Faulkner

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4
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Where was the new university

A

Coleraine

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5
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Name the 4 multinational firms who O’Neill attracted to Ni

A

Ici
Mitchelinn
Goodyear
DuPont

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6
Q

How many new jobs were created with this investment

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35000

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7
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What 2 things did he modernise in an attempt to improve the infrastructure of Ni

A

Roads
Railways

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8
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Which Irish organisation did O’Neill co operate with whose support was important for economic development

A

Irish trades union congress

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9
Q

What was opened in Belfast?

A

Oil refinery

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10
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What was developed at Aldergrove

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New airport

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11
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What was supplied under an agreement with the Irish Republic?

A

Electricity supply

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12
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All these actions were to reduce/improve what

A

High unemployment
Poor infrastructure

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13
Q

How many jobs were lost in traditional industries like Linen?

A

20,000

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14
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Which company did the government have to support financially between 1963 and 1969

A

Harland and Wolff

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15
Q

Unemployment in the whole of the NI adveraged between 7-8% what was went of the bank?

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12.5%

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16
Q

O’Neill wanted to improve relations in NI between nationalists and the state. what is the word which means not excluding any groups and makeing everyone feel they they are part of NI

17
Q

What did O’Neill want to take out of politics so he could concentrate on things like the economy

18
Q

What was it about his family background which made him believe that he was the right man to build bridges between Protestants and Catholics

A

Part gaelic
Part Protestant

19
Q

Who did he visit to build bridges with the Catholic community

A

Cardinal Conway

20
Q

O’Neill seny condolences of the death of who in June 1963

21
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Which Catholic institutions did O’Neill visit and increase financial support for

A

Schools
Hospitals

22
Q

Which organisation did he made illegal in 1966 following the sectarian murder of 2 catholics

23
Q

What did O’Neill introduce in November 1968 to stop the discriminatory practices unionists used against nationalists

A

5 point reform program

24
Q

Nationalists were originally encouraged by the reforms oniell has put in place but it soon have way to what when they failed to see significant changes in their daily life

25
Why was this particularly felt among the new generation of catholics
Because of the growing tensions with unionism
26
Why were nationalists angry at William Craig naming the new city linking portadown and lurgan craigavon
Bc it was named after NI first prime minister
27
Which Taoiseach Terence did O’Neill invited to stormount on 14th janurary 1965
Taoiseach Sean leemass
28
Why was taoiseach Sean leemass’ visit so significant
It was the first face to face meeting in 40 years
29
What did their discussions focus on at this visit when O’Neill visited Dublin 4 weeks later
Economic cooperation
30
An agreement was reached at this meeting on the supply of what from the south
Electricity
31
O’Neill believed improving cooperation with whose support was important for economic development
Irish trades Union comgress
32
Which sort of leaders reacted warmly to oniells attempts to extend the hand of friendship of the Republic of Ireland
Political Religious
33
The results of the November 1965 election made O’Neill think that many people were satisfied with his policies. What were the election results for his party of the OUP
38 out of 52 seats
34
However what sort of tensions emerged in 1966 with the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary’s for the Easter rising and the battle of the Somme
Sectarian
35
O’Neill was loosing support from within his own party and there were elements within the party of September 1966 who attempted to do what
Plot in September 1966 to oust him out as leader by the OUP
36
Name one member of Oniells party who were increasingly opposed to oniells policies
Brian Faulkner