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  • One method of dealing with the rat problem in the trenches.
    The soldiers kept dogs/terriers
  • Michael Collins
    IRA leader during the War of Indpendence.
  • The bloodiest day of the War of Independence (Nov 1920)
    Bloody Sunday
  • Political Party who won the 1918 General Election in Ireland.
    Sinn Fein
  • The group who planned the 1916 Easter Rising.
    IRB Military Council
  • Name two countries (besides UK and Ireland) which were in the British Empire.
    India, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Pakistan etc
  • Wooden planks which covered the sump at the bottom of a trench.
    Duck Boards
  • Tactics used by the IRA during the War of Independence.
    Guerrilla Tactics
  • Define "partition".
    Dividing something in two....eg a country.
  • The person who read "The Proclamation of the Irish Republic" at the GPO on Easter Monday 1916.
    Patrick Pearse
  • Which gas was pale-green in colour and smelled of disinfectant?
    Chlorine Gas
  • Where was poison gas first used by the Germnas aginst the French?
    Ypres
  • The Anglo-Irish Treaty signed in 1921 gave Ireland "dominion status" within the Britsh Empire. What did that mean?
    Ireland would have its own flag, parliament police force and army but it would still be in the British Empire.
  • Members of the Irish Free State government had to promise to do this under the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.
    Swear and oath of allegience ot the British crown.
  • What soldiers used on their feet to protect them from trench foot.
    Whale Oil
  • A knife fitted to the end of a rifle.
    Bayonet
  • Which gas was yellowish in colour and caused blistering of the skin?
    Mustard
  • Three countries in the Triple Alliance
    Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
  • Which gas was colourless and smelled of cut grass.
    Phosgene Gas
  • First signature on the Easter 1916 Proclamation.
    Thomas Clarke
  • Group of people in Ireland who supported Home Rule in the early 1900s.
    Nationalists.
  • What would Home Rule give Ireland?
    Her own parliament (but not independence)
  • Define "Empire".
    A large group of nations/countries ruled by one dominant nation.
  • 1916 leader who avoided execution because he was born in the USA making him a US citizen.
    Eamon DeValera
  • The area between the German and British trenches.
    No-Mans Land
  • Nickname for ex-soldiers recruited in England who were brought to Ireland in 1919 to deal with the IRA.
    Black and Tans
  • Paramilitary groups set up in Ireland in 1912 and 1913.
    UVF and IVF
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