Ireland 1884-1914: Politics, Culture and Sport

• What were the Irish nationalist's?

  It was someone who believes that the Irish people are their own nation.
• what were the two types of nationalists? 


  Constitutional nationalists, Radical nationalists
• What were the Constitutional nationalists?


  They wanted to see the re-establishment of a parliament in Ireland and to achieve this through political means.
• Who founded the home rule party?


  Isaac Butt in 1874, they where the largest nationalist political party: they won 86 of 105 seats in the 1885 general election, under the Home Rule.
• What was the Home Rule?


  Ireland would have its own parliament in Dublin to govern local affairs, while Westminster could still control trade and foreign affairs. Ireland would still be part of the United Kingdom.
• What were the Radical nationalists?


  They wanted full independence from Britain and believed that they should use force if necessary to achieve this.
• What does the IRB stand for?


  Irish Republican Brotherhood.
• What was the republic?


  It is a country not ruled by a monarch, but instead ruled by its citizens, who choose their representatives.
• Who founded the IRB?


  James Stephan's in 1858. they were a secret oath-bound society , its members were known as 'Fenians'.
• What were the Unionists?


  It was someone who wants Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom with Britain.
• Was the IRB mostly radical or constitutional nationalists?

  They where more Radical nationalists in the IRB.
• What was the Anglicisation?


  The spreading of English culture throughout Ireland, leading to people speaking English, following the English customs and playing English sports.