1. IRELAND – PEOPLE

2. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Leader of the Home Rule party John Redmond Leaders of the Ulster Unionist party, founded the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Edward Carson & James Craig Founder of the Gaelic League, first President of Ireland Douglas Hyde Founded the Sinn Féin party, Minister for Home Affairs, member of the Treaty delegation, Pro- Treaty Arthur Griffith Socialist, founded the Irish Transport and General Worker’s Union (ITGWU), worked with Connolly, 1913 Strike & Lockout James Larkin

3. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Socialist like Larkin, involved in the 1913 Strike & Lockout, founded the Irish Citizen Army, (ICA) James Connolly Founded the Irish Volunteers, withdrew from the Rising Eoin Mac Neill Teacher, member of the IRB, leader of the 1916 Rising, read the Proclaimation at the GPO, executed Patrick Pearse Travelled to Germany to get help before the Rising, his ship, The Aud, was captured by the British Roger Casement Involved in the Strike & Lockout, involved in the Rising, 1 st woman member of parliament and cabinet minister, Minister for Labour Constance Markievicz

4. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Involved in the Rising, took over Sinn Féin from Griffith, Taoiseach, later President, America, Anti-Treaty, broke IRA links and set up Fianna Fáil, economic war Éamon de Valera Involved in the Rising, rebuilt the IRB, The Squad, Minster for Finance, part of the Treaty delegation, Pro-Treaty, Beal na Bláth Michael Collins Rebuilt the Volunteers, Minister for Defence, Anti-Treaty Cathal Brugha British Prime Minister from 1917, introduced the Black & Tans and Auxiliaries, member of the British delegation David Lloyd George Minister for Local Government in 1 st Dáil, Pro- Treaty, led the Free State’s 1 st government with Cumann na nGaedheal, Shannon Scheme WT Cosgrave

5. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Minister for Justice under Cumann na nGaedheal, set up Garda Síochána, stopped the army mutiny, reorganised court system, murder by IRA Kevin O’Higgins Pro-Treaty, led the Army Comrades Association (Blueshirts), joined Cosgrave and Cumann na nGaedheal to form Fine Gael Eoin O’Duffy Fianna Fáil, Minister for Industry & Commerce, Protectionism, Irish Shipping, Aer Lingus, rationing during the Emergency, Taoiseach after de Valera Seán Lemass Fianna Fáil, Minister for Education, free secondary school education Donogh O’Malley Fine Gael, leader of the 1 st inter-party government John A Costello

6. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Inter-Party government, Minister for Health, built hospitals, TB, resigned after Mother and Child Scheme was defeated Noel Browne Northern Ireland’s Prime Minister in 1960s, met with Seán Lemass Terence O’Neill Leader of Fianna Fáil after Lemass, took Ireland into the EEC in 1973 Jack Lynch Taoiseach, Fine Gael, negotiated the Sunningdale Agreement with Northern Ireland Liam Cosgrave Taoiseach, Fianna Fáil, signed the Maastricht Treaty turning the European Community into the European Union Charles Haughey

7. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? Taoiseach, Fine Gael, signed the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement with Margaret Thatcher Garret FitzGerald Taoiseach, helped negotiate the IRA ceasefire in 1994 Albert Reynolds Taoiseach, Fine Gael, led the Rainbow coalition government from 1994 – 1997 John Bruton Taoiseach, Finna Fáil, signed the ‘Good Friday’ Agreement in 1998 Bertie Ahern Set up the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to oppose changes in the Civil Rights campaign in Northern Ireland Ian Paisley