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Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923

The campaign for Home Rule, c1870–1910

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Recall questions on Isaac Butt and the Home Rule League, Parnell's methods and the new departure, his fall, Redmond, and the Ulster Covenant.

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What were Edward Carson and the UVF?

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What was the Curragh incident of 1914?

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What was the new departure?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What was Isaac Butt's contribution?

    Model answer

    He founded the Home Government Association and the Home Rule League (1873), seeking an Irish parliament within the UK by constitutional means.

  2. 2

    What was Charles Stewart Parnell's role?

    Model answer

    He led the Irish Parliamentary Party into a disciplined bloc holding the balance of power and allied with Gladstone for Home Rule, before falling after the O'Shea divorce scandal in 1890.

  3. 3

    What were Edward Carson and the UVF?

    Model answer

    Carson led Ulster Unionist resistance to Home Rule; the Ulster Volunteer Force (1913) armed to resist it, and the 1912 Ulster Covenant was signed by around 500,000 people.

  4. 4

    What was the Curragh incident of 1914?

    Model answer

    British army officers at the Curragh camp indicated they would resign rather than coerce Ulster into accepting Home Rule.

  5. 5

    What was the Home Rule League?

    Model answer

    Founded by Isaac Butt in 1873 to seek an Irish parliament for domestic affairs within the union, winning around 60 seats in 1874.

  6. 6

    How did Parnell change Irish nationalist politics?

    Model answer

    He imposed party discipline, used obstruction of Commons business to force attention, and united constitutional politics with the Land League agitation.

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