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The struggle indepen
Junior Cert History
Term | Definition |
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Independence | To rule yourself |
Act of Union | Meant Britain ruled Ireland |
Westminster | Place in London where houses of Parliament are |
Home Rule | Rule Ireland from Dublin |
John Redmond | Leader of Home Rule party |
Nationalists | Wanted independence |
Unionists | Wanted to stay with Britain |
Edward Carson | Unionist Leader |
Liberals | Supported Home-Rule |
Conservatives | Opposed Home-Rule |
Veto | To stop something |
Home rule bill 3 | Bill to become law in 2 years |
Solemn League and Covenant | Protestant signed it that were against Home Rule |
Ulster Volunteer Force | Protestant armed group |
Larne | Port where protestants got weapons |
Irish Volunteer Force | Catholic armed group |
Eoin Mac Neill | Leader of IVF |
Howth | Port where IVF got weapons |
Republicans | Wanted total independence from Britain |
Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) | Republican group |
1916 Proclamation | Declared Ireland to be Independent |
Aud | Ship with weapons |
Kilmainham Jail | Place where leaders of 1916 were executed |
Frongoch | Welsh prison camp |