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| Question | Answer |
| What was the society of united irishmen? | group of irish people who staged a rebellion against british rule in ireland led by wolfe tone 1798 |
| who was wolfe tone? | man against british rule in ireland who led a rebellion the defeat led to him committing suicide |
| Daniel O'Connell in a nutshell. go | catholic irishman that wanted catholic emancipation and repeal of the union argued through peaceful means set up catholic association 1823 the liberator caused all the fuss with being given a seat in parliament and not being able to take it and all that bother |
| what was young ireland? | nationalist group that wanted to split from britain in favour of using violence wanted cultural unity, education emerged partly to support O'Connell's appeal |
| What was the Catholic Association? | set up in 1823 led by O'Connell wanted reform in Ireland and rights for Catholics campaigning peaked in 1828 |
| What was the orange order? | protestant organisation that wanted to preserve the union represented protestant 'working man' founded in 1795 100,000 in 1820 banned from 1836-45 |
| What was unionism? | desire to be in a union with Britain ideology of the orange order and brunswick club |
| Who was Henry Cooke? | leader of Protestant cause (evangelist/presbyterian) identified with whig tradition acceptance of non-conformism wanted protestants to work together to protect the cause |
| What were Brunswick Clubs? | anti-Catholic clubs to defend Protestantism 200 clubs in 1828 government wanted to stop them for fear of secretive organisations firmly against any concessions for Catholics |
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