Nationalism & Unionism in Ireland Flashcards

Vocabulary and major event flashcards covering Irish Nationalism, Unionism, and the path to independence from $$1912$$ to $$1923$$.

John Redmond

Leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (Home Rule Party) who encouraged enlisting in WWI to secure Home Rule.

Edward Carson

Unionist leader who opposed Home Rule, fearing it would be "Rome Rule," and organized the UVF.

Third Home Rule Bill ($1912$)

A bill introduced because the Liberals needed Redmond’s support; the House of Lords could only delay it for $2$ years.

Ulster Covenant

A petition signed by $200,000$ unionists to protest against the Home Rule Bill.

UVF ($1913$)

The Ulster Volunteer Force, a paramilitary group formed to resist Home Rule by force if necessary.

Larne Gun-running ($1914$)

An operation that brought $35,000$ guns to arm the UVF.

Irish Volunteers ($1913$)

A nationalist paramilitary group formed in response to the UVF to defend Home Rule.

National Volunteers

The group of approximately $100,000$ men who followed Redmond and supported the WWI effort.

36th Ulster Division

A British military division joined by many Unionists during WWI.

IRB

The Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret group led by Pearse and Clarke that planned the $1916$ Rising.

The Helga

The British gunboat used to shell Dublin city during the $1916$ Rising.

Cumann na mBan

An Irish republican women's paramilitary organization formed in $1914$.

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Political party that won $73$ seats in $1918$ and established Dƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ‚’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’il ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ‚’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ƒ’ƒ’‚’ireann.

Soloheadbeg ($1919$)

The location where the conflict of the War of Independence officially started.

The Squad

Michael Collins' intelligence and assassination unit during the War of Independence.

Black & Tans and Auxiliaries

British forces sent to Ireland to reinforce the police against the IRA during the War of Independence.

Bloody Sunday ($1920$)

A significant and violent day during the War of Independence characterized by multiple killings.

Government of Ireland Act ($1920$)

The British Act that formally partitioned Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

Anglo-Irish Treaty ($1921$)

The agreement signed by Collins and Griffith that founded the Irish Free State and required an oath of allegiance.

Boundary Commission

A body proposed by the Treaty to adjust the border between Northern Ireland and the Free State.

Four Courts

The building occupied by Anti-Treaty forces; its shelling by the Free State marked the start of the Civil War.

Munster Republic

The stronghold area to which Anti-Treaty forces retreated during the Civil War.