a) The Easter Rising: on 24th of
April 1916 roughly 1,200
Volunteers and Citizen Army
members took over
strongpoints in Dublin city
centre. A joint force of about
400 Volunteers and Citizen Army
also gathered at Liberty Hall
under the command of James
Connolly. There aim was to free
Ireland of British rule seeking to
create an Irish Republic. They
surrendered on the 29th of April
1916. In response to the
Rebellion the British exectuted
15 of the leaders. This proved to
work on the Nationalists favour
as the executions caused an
outcry within Irish communities,
giving the Republicans more
support
b) Michael Collins was a Irish
Nationalist revolutionary
who played a key role in the
Irish war of Independence.
He helped lead and shape
the IRA
c) The Irish
Republicans believed
in the separation
between Ireland and
Great Britain. Made up
of mostly Catholic Irish
people. Unlike the
Nationalists the
Republicans believe in
Irish being separated
from Great Britain, but
they don't mind of
northern ireland is or
isn't part of that repubuilc/nation
d) Sinn Féin, IRA, Irish
Republican
Socialist Party,
Éirígí
e)
Irish Nationalism
b) John Redmond: was an Irish nationalist politician and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party
between 1900 and 1918. Redmond used his leverage to introduce the Third Home Rule Bill in April
1912, to grant Ireland national self-government. This could no longer be blocked by the Lords, its
enactment was merely delayed for two years. Home Rule had reached the pinnacle of its success and
Redmond had gone much further than any of his predecessors in shaping British politics to the needs
of the Irish. The Home rule bill was never enacted due to the outbreak of WWI, however it was the
best closest any irish politician had ever got to introducing home rule up until this point His
successor, John Dillon, claimed that Redmond had removed all the obstacles to Irish unity except
those of the Ulster unionists.
c) The Irish Nationalists are
made up of mostly Catholic
Irish, who believe in Ireland
becoming a seperate nation to
Britain. Unlike the Republicans,
the Nationalists strongly
believe that all of Ireland (north
and south) need to become a
united separate nation from
Britain
d) Irish Confederation, Irish
Independence Party, Irish
National Invincibles, IRB
e)
a) Irish Nationalism stems as early as the 7th
century, when the Gaelic Irish resisted British
conquests through military and other means. This
resistance of the British rule has continued till
present day and the ideology of Nationalism today
comes from the same ideas of the Gaelic Irish
Ulster Unionism
a) Home Rule: the ulster
unionists were instrumental in
defying the hopeful acts of the
late 1800-early 1900. The ulster
unionists comprised of
Pprotestants who were loyal to
the British Monarchy. They
believed that if Ireland was
granted home rule the catholic
majority in Ireland would
discriminate and shun the
Protestants in Ireland. The
Unionist managed to block
almost all of the home rule bills
that went through parliament,
except for the one in 1914 that
was passed, but prevented from
coming into law by ww1 and the
Easter rising
b) Sir Edward Carson: was an Irish unionist politician,
barrister and judge. He was leader of the Irish Unionist
Alliance and Ulster Unionist Party between 1910 and 1921.
Carson was a massive contributor to the unionist
movement in Ireland. In September 1911 he addressed a
crowd of over 50,000 people gathered to rally near Belfast
to hear Carson speaking to urge his party take on the
governance of Ulster. He was also the first signatory on
the Ulster Covenant, which bound 447,197 signatoriesOn
Sunday 28 September 1912 'Ulster Day', which was to
resist home rule in Ireland. With the threat that they
would use "all means necessary" Carson created the Ulster
Volunteers.
c) Ulster Unionists are made up of
mostly Protestant Irish, who
support the union between great
britain and Ireland or at least
Northern Ireland
d) Conservative and Unionist Party (1830–) Liberal Unionist Party
(1886–1912) Irish Unionist Alliance (1891–1922) Ulster Unionist Party (UUP 1905–) Communist
Party of Northern Ireland (1941–1970) Northern Ireland Labour Party (1949–1987) Democratic
Unionist Party (DUP 1971–) Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party (1973–1978) Volunteer Political
Party (1974–1975) Unionist Party of Northern Ireland (1974–1981) United Ulster Unionist Party
(1975–1984) Progressive Unionist Party (1978–) Ulster Popular Unionist Party (1980–1995) Ulster
(Loyalist) Democratic Party (1982–2001) UK Independence Party (UKIP 1993–) UK Unionist Party
(UKUP 1995–2007) United Unionist Coalition (UUC 1998–) Northern Ireland Unionist Party
(1999–2008) Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV 2007–) NI21 (2013–)
e)
Ulster Loyalism
a) Ulster Loyalists also stood
with the unionists in oppsing
Irish home rule. The loyalists
however were a more
extreme part of the Unionist
moment. Loyalist
paramilitary groups such as
the Ulster Volunteers were
created to fight against home
rule in Ireland
b) Augustus Andrew "Gusty" Spence was a leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force and
a leading loyalist politician in Northern Ireland. He served time in the British Army
in 1957 as a member of the Royal Ulster Rifles. His older brother Billy Spence was a
founding member of Ulster Protestant Action (UPA) in 1956[14] and Gusty Spence
himself was also a member of the group. He was frequently involved in street fights
with republicans. Spence claimed that he was approached in 1965 by two men, one
of whom was an Ulster Unionist Party MP, who told him that the Ulster Volunteer
Force was to be re-established and that he was to have responsibility for the
Shankill. He was picked for the job of military leader of the UVF due to his history in
the army. In his time he lead many attacks on republican, nationalist and catholic
people, and helped shape the more violent side of the loyalist movement in Ireland
c) The Ulster Loyalists fall under the
branch of unionism. Meaning they are
mostly protestant, and support Great
Britain and Ireland being linked together.
However unlike the Unionists the Loyalists
support the British crown but not
necessarily the British government
d) Progressive Unionist
Party (PUP): linked to the
Ulster Volunteer Force
(UVF) and Red Hand
Commando (RHC),
Traditional Unionist Voice
(TUV), Protestant
Coalition, Ulster
Democratic Party
(1981–2001), Ulster
Vanguard (1972–1978),
Volunteer Political Party
(1974), Ulster Protestant
League (1930s)
e)
Explain and analyse the competing
ideas that have influenced the
Northern Ireland Conflict 1968-2000.
Because there were so many
different political ideologies in
Ireland after WW1 there was many
different views on what should
happen to Ireland. Because people
tended to be very passionate in their
beliefs arguments often erupted in
violence. Also because republicans
and nationalists were mainly catholic,
and Unionists and Loyalists were
mainly protestant, there was a lot of
friction as a result regarding the
rivalling religions which only
catalysed the conflicts.