HISTORY OF IRELAND 3 - Rising & Troubles

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What do you remember from yesterday?

Slide 1 - Mind map

Henry VIII was a remarkable man. What is he known for?
A
He beheaded a few of his wives
B
He started the Anglican church
C
He broke with the Pope in Rome
D
All of the above

Slide 2 - Quiz

What is the name of the famous battle in 1690, won by William of Orange?
A
Battle of Blackwater Bay
B
Battle of the Boyne
C
Battle of the Bastards
D
Battle of Hardhome

Slide 3 - Quiz

British occupation
  • Crazy Medieval British Kings 
  • Plantation of Ulster  (early 1600's)
  • William of Orange (1690)
  • The Irish Potato Famine (1840's)

Slide 4 - Slide

British occupation
The Irish fight back!

Slide 5 - Slide

Easter Rising - 1916
  • Irish wanted 'Home Rule': a parliament in Dublin, not London. 
  • British finally said 'OK' in 1914
  • But then, WW1 broke out and Home Rule was postponed

  • "Ireland unfree shall never be at peace!" (Patrick Pearse)
  • So: members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood  (IRB) proclaimed the Republic

Slide 6 - Slide

The Irish proclaimed the Irish Republic and on Easter Monday they occupied several buildings in Dublin.
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Eventually, the rebels had to give up. They were running out of ammunition and the British kept sending in more soldiers and artillery.
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Heavy (guerilla) fighting ensued for several days, all over the city centre.
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Result: in 1918, the republican party Sinn Fein won a landslide victory in the Irish elections. The road to a free country became clearer and clearer.... 
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The ringleaders of the rebellion were arrested and executed. This turned them into martyrs - and made the Irish people warm up even more towards the idea of a free country.... 
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Slide 7 - Slide

What happened to the leaders of the Easter Rising?
A
There were sent to Australia
B
They were executed
C
They were pardoned
D
They had to do a 'taakstraf'

Slide 8 - Quiz

What was the result of the executions (as in, public opinion)?

Slide 9 - Open question

Irish War for Independence
  • Guerilla war, 1919 - 1921

  • December 1918 election: the republican party Sinn Féin won a landslide victory in Ireland. 
  • On 21 January 1919 they formed a breakaway government (Dáil Éireann) and declared independence from Britain.
  • Start of the IRA

Slide 10 - Slide

key players: Eamon DeValera & Michael Collins

Slide 11 - Slide

Bloody Sunday 
  • 21 November 1920
  • 15 people killed by IRA, mostly British secret service agents

  • Next day: revenge from the British
  • Croke Park massacre
  • Civilians: 14 killed, 70 wounded

Slide 12 - Slide

Eventually, the British
ask for a truce.

Slide 13 - Slide

Anglo-Irish Treaty
  • Signed in London: 1921 
  • Irish Free State (as part pf the British Empire)
  • Partition of Northern Ireland

  •  Dáil Éireann ratified the Treaty: 64 to 57.

Slide 14 - Slide

With this Treaty, was Ireland 'free'?
A
Yes, they became the Republic they wanted to be
B
No, they still had to swear allegiance to the Crown.

Slide 15 - Quiz

Irish Civil War
  • 1922-1923
  • pro-treaty vs anti-treaty
  • Collins vs DeValera  (who resigned as president)
  • former IRA 'brothers' now fighting each other
  • Collins eventually killed in West-Cork

Pro-Treaty wins --> much later -->  Republic of Ireland  (1948)

Slide 16 - Slide

The Troubles
Northern Ireland, 1970's

Slide 17 - Slide

Slide 18 - Video

Slide 19 - Video

Slide 20 - Video

Main events
  • Easter Rising: 1916
  • War of Indepence: 1919-1921
  • Civil War: 1922-1923
  • The Troubles: 1968-1998

Slide 21 - Slide

Interesting stuff?

Slide 22 - Mind map