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2nd Year History Review

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  • Who was playing in the Bloody Sunday match?
    Dublin vs. Tipperary
  • Approximately how many people emigrated during the Famine?
    About 1 million
  • What political party gained popularity after the Rising?
    Sinn Fein
  • Who were the Black and Tans?
    Ex British soldiers sent to support the RIC
  • When was the GAA founded?
    1884
  • Disagreement over the Anglo-Irish Treaty led to what kind of war?
    Civil War
  • What were public works schemes?
    Government-run projects (like building roads) to give people paid work
  • Who used Guerilla Warfare in the War of Independence?
    The IRA
  • Who read the Proclamation of the Irish Republic?
    Patrick Pearse
  • What were the two sides in the Civil War?
    Pro-Treaty (Free State Army) vs. Anti-Treaty (IRA)
  • Who was the President of the First Dáil?
    Éamon de Valera
  • Name one country Irish people emigrated to.
    America, Britain, Canada, Australia
  • Who led the Free State government during the Civil War?
    Michael Collins
  • What does UVF stand for?
    Ulster Volunteer Force
  • Was Éamon de Valera present at the first Dail?
    No, he was in prison in England.
  • What does GAA stand for?
    Gaelic Athletic Association
  • What were “coffin ships”?
    Overcrowded ships that carried emigrants, often in terrible conditions
  • Where did the rebels seize in Dublin as their headquarters?
    GPO
  • What does the RIC stand for?
    Royal Irish Constabulary
  • What crop failed during the Great Famine?
    The Potato
  • Was Edward Carson Unionist or Nationalist?
    Unionist
  • What event marked the beginning of the War of Independence?
    The Soloheadbeg ambush
  • When did the Easter Rising take place?
    1916
  • True/False Michael Collins survived the Civil War?
    False: He was killed in an ambush in 1922
  • Name one leader of the 1916 Rising.
    Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas Clarke, etc.
  • What political party led the Home Rule campaign?
    The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), led by John Redmond
  • How many Home Rule Bills failed?
    Three
  • What did Irish unionists want?
    To remain part of the United Kingdom
  • What major historical event involved Croke Park in 1920?
    Bloody Sunday
  • What disease caused the potato crop to fail?
    Potato blight
  • Who were the IRA?
    Irish Republican Army
  • What was the name of the system where land was divided among sons, making farms smaller and smaller?What was the name of the system where land was divided among sons, making farms smaller and smaller?
    Subdivision
  • What did Irish nationalists want?
    More independence or full separation from Britain (Home Rule or a republic)
  • What happened on Bloody Sunday (21 November 1920)?
    Michael Collins’s squad assassinated British agents; later that day, British forces opened fire at Croke Park, killing 14 civilians
  • Where was the GAA founded?
    Thurles, County Tipperary
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