Modern Terrorism - Irish Nationalism and the IRA
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 IRA | Irish Republican Army, the military wing of the IRB. They split several times, becoming increasingly violent |
| Provisional IRA | Extremist terrorist group created in 1969 in response to the anti-Catholic riots in Northern Ireland |
| IRB | Irish Republican Brotherhood, also called the Fenians. Advocated armed revolution to overthrow the British and establish an Irish Republic. |
| Irish Free State | Country created by the 1922 treaty. It was a self-governing member of the Commonwealth |
| Anglo-Irish War | Conflict from 1918 - 1922 |
| Michael Collins | IRA leader who negotiated the treaty to end the Anglo-Irish War. He then led the Irish Free State until he was killed by the IRA on 22nd August 1922 |
| Eamon de Valera | IRA President who led Anti-treaty forces. Later founded Fianna Fail and became President of the Irish Free State |
| Fianna Fail | Political Party of the anti-treaty IRA, which later banned the increasingly violent IRA |
| Home Rule Bill | Law passed in 1912 allowing the creation of an Irish Parliament. It was postponed by the start of World War 1 |
| Dail | The Irish Parliament |
| Blue Shirts | Fascist Irish Nationalist group that fought against the IRA. Led by Eoin O'Duffy, who also started the Fine Gael Party |
| Belfast | Capital of Northern Ireland |
| Ulster | Northern Province of Ireland dominated by protestant unionists |
| Easter Rising | Nationalist Revolution in Dublin from 24-30 April 1916 which led to the Republic of Island. Instigated by the IRA. Led by school teacher Patrick Pearse. Hundreds were killed and thousands injured. |
| S-Plan | Sabotage and terrorism campaign carried out by the IRA in 1939-1940. Aid was given by the Nazis. It was formulated by Seamus O'Donovan |
| Gaelic | The traditional Irish Language |
| Gaelic Games | Unique Irish sports, played exclusively by the Irish until recent years |
| Catholicism | The religion central to Irish identity for 1500years. Many Irish nationalists see _____ as a fundamental part of Irish identity. |
| Folklore | Shared beliefs are an essential part of nationhood. The Irish share traditional folk stories about faeries, leprechauns and such |
| United Ireland | Ireland was ruled by a number of competing tribes until the year 700AD. A national government then began to form under the rule of a High King of Ireland and they began to see themselves as a Irish rather than members of a single tribe |
| Vikings Attack | From 900AD there were regular attacks by Vikings on Irish towns and monasteries. These regular attacks further united Ireland |
| First English Invasion of Ireland | First invasion in 1169. They ruled until the black death in 1347-1350. By 1500, Ireland was fully Gaelic again |
| English re-conquest | Between 1594 and 1653, the English re-conquered Ireland in a series of 3 bloody wars. Half the pre-war population of Ireland were killed in these wars and thousands of Irish were sold into slavery in the West Indies. |
| War of Independence | Fought from January 1919 to July 1921. Involved the IRA fighting as a guerrilla force against the RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary). |
| Black and Tans | Composed largely of British World War 1 veterans and brought to Ireland to suppress the revolution |
| Northern Ireland | 6/32 Irish counties and the only part of Ireland that is still part of the United Kingdom |
| Irish Civil War | Fought 1922-1923 between the newly formed IRA (those against the treaty) and the IRB. The IRA surrendered in 1923 |
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