Ireland
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- Created on: 10-09-15 18:21
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- 1920's Ireland
- History
- 1912 - Westminster Parliament in London passed the Home Rule Bill for Ireland.
- Meaning Ireland would have own parliament
- Make their own political decisions
- Some unionist opposed - thought it would lead to nationalist & catholic dominated country.
- 1916 - Irish Rebellion
- The rebellion only lasted a week with Britain successfully regaining control of Dublin
- 14 leaders captured & executed
- The IRA vs British Forces
- 1919-1921 Irish War of Independence
- 300 people killed up to 1920
- Bloody Sunday 21st November 1920
- 14 British operatives were assasinated
- RIC opened fire to a crowd at a football match
- killing fourteen civilians and wounding 6
- British government declared martial law in much of southern Ireland
- Violence continued to escalate over the next seven months, when 1,000 people were killed and 4,500 republicans were interned
- Violence escalated over the next seven months, when 1,000 people killed and 4,500 republicans were interned
- The fighting was heavily concentrated in Munster, Dublin and Belfast.
- Both countries agreed a cease fire in
- 1912 - Westminster Parliament in London passed the Home Rule Bill for Ireland.
- Bloody Sunday 21st November 1920
- 14 British operatives were assasinated
- RIC opened fire to a crowd at a football match
- killing fourteen civilians and wounding 6
- British government declared martial law in much of southern Ireland
- Violence continued to escalate over the next seven months, when 1,000 people were killed and 4,500 republicans were interned
- Violence escalated over the next seven months, when 1,000 people killed and 4,500 republicans were interned
- The fighting was heavily concentrated in Munster, Dublin and Belfast.
- Poverty
- Worst Housing Conditions of any city
- Wealthy moved to suburbs
- 835 people lived in 15 houses
- Women had to cook over open fires
- Higher population growth than China
- (due to Catholic church ruling against contraception & abortion)
- 172%
- due to potato blight
- Infant immortality rate was 7%
- Economic situation
- a separate parliament
- Irish people were divided politically
- economic policies promised (and failed) to achieve self-sufficiency in agriculture and industrial sectors
- Housing programme encouraged the building of 80,000 houses
- Potato Famine
- Depression
- Religion
- Catholics VS Protestants
- Both catholics and protestants had a fear of being the religious minority
- Mainly Catholic
- History
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