1. Understand the structure of the exam.
Topic 2A Political Developments in Ireland Date:
Objective
Start a new chapter.
Understand the structure of the exam.
Warm-up: hand up sheets and write the following:
The final question in exam papers (Q6 higher, Q4 Ordinary) asks you to answer two of four questions. One of these questions is from 2nd year (Reformations, Plantations, Revolutions, etc) and three are from 3rd year. A lot of questions from the second book appear as short questions however.

2. What are we about to study?
We live in the REPUBLIC of Ireland, a free democratic nation. The 26 county Irish state however was only established in 1922 and we only became a Republic in 1949.
Around 1910, tension was at it’s highest, sparking fear, tension and civil war. We study this to learn from mistakes and honour people who died. We study this as a metaphor for growing up and gaining Independence. We study this because it is OUR history.

3. Notes
Act of Union 1801: closed the Irish parliament in Dublin. Irish MP’s had to travel to the British parliament in Westminster. Over the next hundred years, Dublin became the poorest city in Europe.
Home Rule: the idea that Ireland should have its own parliament in Dublin. Ireland would remain a part of Britain, but the Dublin parliament would look after Irish affairs. This idea gained support in the 1900’s.
Metaphor – you have a room in your parents house which is yours but the house is your parents and they make the rules.
(Questions 1-3 page 124)

4. Notes
Nationalist: An Irish person who wanted Ireland to be an independent nation. Supported Home Rule. Many were Catholic. 3 million of them. After famine and emigration, they believed they could run Ireland better than the British had.
Unionist: An Irish person who wanted to keep the union with Britain. Most were Protestant. 1 million of them. Because the majority lived in Belfast, which was prosperous when the rest of Ireland was poor, they feared leaving the UK and feared being persecuted by the Catholics (Questions 1-3 page 124)

5. Notes
Irish Parliamentary Party (I.P.P.): also known as the home rule party – they were a political party that demanded Home Rule. In 1910, the leader was John Redmond.
Ulster Unionist Party (U.U.P): the Irish political party that opposed Home Rule. Their slogan was ‘Home rule is Rome Rule’. In 1910, their leaders were Edward Carson and James Craig.
(Questions 1-3 page 124)

6. Notes
Extreme nationalist wanted to fight for complete independence. A small society called the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) started up. Sean McDermott and Tom Clarke were its leaders in 1910.
Questions 1-3 page 124
Question 1-8 page 127.
(Questions 1-3 page 104)

7. Cooldown I think.... Write one I know.... sentence with
I wonder.... these at the start