Troubles history - Irish Politics Study Guide

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• bring back irish culture

• ie, speaking gaelic, irish sports

• willing to use violence

• republican

• anti-religous?

• Sinn Fein ran for office but would not participate in English parliament if they won

• unified irish ppl

• laws derive from the people

• catholic/nationalist majority

Leader: Wolfe Tone (he did not care about religion)

• Society of United Irishmen (Catholics + Protestants) versus British

• Failed revolt due to weak leadership

Leader: Patrick Pearse

• Plan was for IRB to take over General P.O. while Britain was busy fighting WW1

• Held P.O. for five days, execution of leaders turned IRB into hero’s

• RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) kill 14 civil rights protestors in Derry

• British criminals “troops” went to Ireland and destroyed shit during the Anglo-Irish War

• Goal was to suppress IRA

• catholics

• goal: want united Ireland free from Britain entirely

• political ideology seeks to promote irish culture and identity

• political ideology favors union between Ireland and Britain

• protestants

• goal: wants Northern Ireland to remain in the UK

Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Democratic Unionist Party

Irish Republican Army

Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

Northern Ireland Labour Party

Northern Ireland’s Women’s Coalitions

Provisional IRA

Progressive Unionist Party

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Social Democratic and Labour Party

Sinn Fein

Ulster Democratic Party

United Kingdom Unionist Party

Ulster Volunteer Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

• leader of guerrilla Sinn Fein groups during Anglo-Irish War

• leader of 1798 Uprising

• nonsectarian

• failed rebellion

• died by suicide

• leader of Easter Uprising of 1916

• catholic

• nationalists

• started hunger strikes in prison

• was elected to office while in prison

• apart of the PIRA

• former IRA member

• later joined Sinn Fein

• pick me boy vibez

• leader of DUP

• Protestant Extremist

• female british prime minister

• did NOT restore political hostage rights even after blankey strikes

• prime minister

• did NOT allow Sinn Fein into peace talks cuz IRA did not give up their weapons

• prime minister

• helped negotiate good friday agreement

• created a power-sharing gov in northern ireland

• American senator

• served as chair/mediator for multi-party talks

• US president

• mediated party talks

• ulster protestant gang who killed catholics

• IRA members refused to wear standard prison uniforms

• instead they were naked or only used their blankey as clothing

• riots broke out before a clash band (english group) could perform

peaceful protested against violence in northern ireland