Motivation 20 Marker Tracker - 07/10/2025

What are the 4 main concerns?

• Religious

• Economic

• Personal

• Imperial/Political

Regarding the Southern Unionists, what Protestant denomination were they mainly associated with? And how much of the population did they make up in the South of Ireland as a minority?

Church of Ireland, Anglican. 9%

Why were Southern Unionists slightly more tolerant of their Roman Catholic neighbours?

• They were the majority, outnumbered.

• Many wealthy Protestants in the South of Ireland were landlords to Irish farmers and tenants. 

Regarding the scholar R.REES and the Ulster Unionists what case does he refer to when he says “Priests in Politics”?

1910 McCann family, left the country with the help of - Fr O’Nolan

The Ulster Unionists were afraid of the IPP’s association with what organisation?

The AOH

In 1905, how many seats did the UUC allocate to the Orange Order?

50

What Canonical decree from Pope Pius X were Ulster Unionists afraid of? What year?

1907 Ne Temere Decree

Finish R.REES quote, “Ulster Unionists feared that they would be under a Dublin parliament not…”

“…in a Dublin government.”

What did Ulster Unionists fear the Dublin government would be a puppet for? What institution?

The Roman Catholic Church

How many of the first 9 signatories of the Solemn League and Covenant were Protestant clergy.

6

In the Solemn League and Covenant of September 1912, they mention the protection of “… and … liberties”?

civil and religious

What 2 17th century post-plantations events increased the Ulster Unionists’ fear of the ‘siege mentality’? This contributed to the Ulster Unionists’ volatile and antagonistic relationship with the Catholic community in Ulster.

1641- Rebellion against Protestant settlers

1689- Siege of Derry

For Ulster Unionists, they believed that Home Rule meant …?

Rome Rule

What happened in 1801 which caused industry to flourish in Ulster? True or False, did Ulster Unionists fear that a Home Rule parliament in Dublin would paralyse all of this progress?

The Act of Union, True.

What 2 industries was Belfast known for?

• linen

• shipbuilding

Give 2 names for shipbuilding industries formed from the Act of Union in Ulster?

• Workman & Clarke

• Harland and Wolff.

Belfast was detached from the rest of rural Ireland. Compared to Dublin or Cork, Belfast was more industrialised and had more in common with English cities such as …? Name 2

• Liverpool

• Glasgow

UU businessmen feared high taxes that would be used to subsidize what …?

Poorer districts like Mayo, in the west of Ireland.

Name 2 main Protestant Ulster Businessmen who feared the protectionist measures which could arise from a Dublin Home Rule government?

• James Craig

• Lindsay Crawford

Explain what the Protestant UU businessmen feared these protectionist measures would do?

• Result in British counter-protectionist measures.

While the Ulster Unionists are industrial, what are the Southern Unionists?

Agricultural

What do Southern Unionists want to keep their positions as?

Landlords.

What 2 Acts do the Southern Unionists despise which tried to weaken Landlordism and strengthen peasant proprietorship?

• 1903 Wyndham Land Act

• 1909 Birrell Land Act

Southern Unionists feared the repeat of the Dublin government redistributing the Southern Unionists’ land and assets. What was the name of this war?

1882 Land war

In 1911, the Southern Unionists published what sort of declaration in Dublin?

An anti-Home Rule declaration.

Before 1911, how many times were the Conservatives defeated? And were these elections consecutive?

3 times, yes, consecutive elections.

What sort of reform were the Conservatives divided over?

Tariff reform.

What year does Balfour’s government collapse. He, even as Conservative PM and party leader loses his seat for Manchester East, more than ½ Conservatives votes lost, lowest record of seats in history.

1905

When does Andrew Bonar Law become Conservative leader? What are the Conservative said to be ‘sick’ with and what does this mean?

1911, “sick with office hunger”= they want back into office.

Law uses Ulster and the HR crisis to get back into power. True or False.

True

What principle do the Conservatives unite around?

Principle of the preservation of the union.

True or False, the S.Unionists and the British Conservatives feared that HR would endanger the British Empire.

True

They feared that if they granted Home Rule to the Irish, there would be a "ripple effect” for other subjugated peoples within the British Empire. So what day of celebration did the Southern Unionists lobby for?

“Empire Day”.

What location did Bonar Law state in his speech “You hold the pass for the empire…”

Balmoral

Give 3 pieces of evidence that support the claim that Lord Lansdowne was in the upper echelons of the British Imperial World.

• War General

• Governor-General of Canada and

• India

Where is James Craig buried and what is his wife called?

Stormont with Cecil

True or False, Craig was educated in Britain and shared wider outlooks of Britain’s social and political elites.

True

What Protestant denomination was Craig closely aligned to?

Presbyterianism

Give 3 noteworthy quotes from James Craig?

1.) “Orangeman first, Parliamentarian second”

2.) “Would’nt have a Catholic about the place”

3.) “Protestant parliament for a Protestant people”.

What Ulster Unionist town did Law have connections to?

Coleraine

Law (who was a compromise candidate for Long and Chamberlain- the two likely contenders) is said to have been of “… … stock”.

Ulster Presbyterian

Give when and the exact quote when Carson only realises that Law had used Ulster to boost conservative party electoral success?

December 1921 after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Carson realises that he had only been a …

• “mere puppet in a political game”.

What does Law refer to the Artificial liberal/ IPP Alliance as?

“corrupt parliamentary bargain”.

Why?

• government doesn’t really have a majority, it is contrived and not genuine.

Which of the figures was deeply attached to the 1801 Act of Union?

Edward Carson.

What Univeristy did he go to as an Irish Unionist and who did he play hurling with?

Trinity College Dublin

Oscar Wilde.

What did Carson describe the 1801 Act of Union as?

• “guiding star of my political life”.