ireland in 1900's and 1913 lockout

Act of union

Ireland became an official part of GB, Irish policy decided in Westminster

Nationalist

Wanted irelands independence

Unionist

Wanted to stay in GB

IRB

Secret anti British organization, used violence to obtain independence

IPP

tried to achieve independence peacefully and politically, campaigned for home rule

Ulster unionists

Worried independence would be bad for Protestants

James Craig

Led NI Protestants

The anglicization of Ireland

Spread of English culture (sports, music, literature)

Gaelic league

Set up by Erin MacNeill and Douglas Hyde in 1893, promoted the Irish language

Irish transport and general workers union

Set up to counter problems

Jim Larkin

Set up the ITGWU

James Connolly

Set up Belfast branch

William Martin Murphy

Opposed unions demanded employees leave the ITGWU

Lockout

Larkin arranged a strike, Murphy refused to let workers into buildings for 5 months

Labour Party

set up by James Connolly

Irish citizens army

Set up by Connolly, protected workers from mobs