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Ireland 1800-1968

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  • What was the name of the event where IVF smuggled in guns?
    Howth gunrunning
  • What is revolutionary nationalism?
    Nationalists who wanted to achieve independence violently - through rebellion
  • When was the Act of Union?
    1801
  • Where did the rebels use as their headquarters during the Easter Rising?
    The GPO
  • Give four relief measures Britain brought in for the famine
    Peels Brimstone, soup kitchens, public work schemes, workhouses
  • What does Partition mean?
    The separation of a country into two different states
  • What happened on Ulster Day in 1912?
    450,000 Unionists signed the Ulster Covenant in protest against Home Rule
  • What three areas of society was NICRA not happy about in the 1960s?
    Jobs, housing, voting
  • What is constitutional nationalism?
    Nationalists who wanted to achieve Irish independence through peaceful means - voting and laws
  • Give four causes of the famine
    Blight, subdivision of land, pop. increase, dependence on potatoes
  • Which four industries were booming in Belfast?
    Linen, shipbuilding, rope making, tobacco and whiskey
  • What was the name of the event where the UVF smuggled in guns?
    Larne gunrunning
  • Give three terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty
    Irish MP's had to swear an oath of allegiance, Irish courts were not supreme, Britain held 3 large naval bases in Ireland
  • Who were the Black and Tans?
    Ex-WW1 soldiers brought in to help fight the IRA
  • What happened on bloody Sunday during the WOI?
    The IRA assassinated British spies in the morning and as revenge the Black and Tans entered Croke Park and opened fire on the crowd
  • What were the four main aims of NICRA?
    one man one vote, fair allocation of housing, fair allocation of jobs, end gerrymandering
  • Who was Theobold Wolfetone?
    Protestant Republican who led the United Irishmen in the 1798 rebellion
  • What does NICRA stand for?
    Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
  • Who was the leader of the IRA during the WOI?
    Michael Collins
  • What year was the Easter Rising?
    1916
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