Ireland issue 1

• What was Ireland hit with in the 1840's?

  The potato fammine
• Why did the potato famine cause tension between Ireland and Britain?

  Because the British government didn't do enough to help
• Who overthrew James 11 the last catholic stuart king?

  William of Orange
• What laws were put in place after William of Orange defeated James 11?

  Laws that restricted the rights of catholics
• Why did these new laws by Willaim of Orange cause tension between Ireland and Britain?

  As Irsih catholics became second class citizens in there own home
• When and who created the Gaelic Belief?


  1893, Douglas Hyde and Eoin McNeil
• What did the Gaelic belief aim to do?

  They aimed to revive Gaelic language and traditions like irish literature, music and dancing
• What was the IRB?


  A secretive organisation that fought for the irish republic to be free of British rule
• What were the IRB tactics? and did it gain them attention?

  Bombing British landmarks and it gained them attention from the public and goverment
• When and who created the GAA?


  Created 1884 by Michael Cusak
• What was the goal of the GAA?

  The preservation of irish sports like gaelic football and hurling
• When and who founded sinn fein?


  1905 by Arthur Griffith
• What did Sinn Fein want to acheive?

  They wanted to end British rule in ireland and make ireland independent
• What were the methods of Sinn Fein? and did it gain them attention?

  Boycotting british goods (didn't gain the, the attention they wanted) 1918 there anti-conscription campaign gained them mass appeal