Ireland & the Union

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the condition of the Irish people in 1846 and the problems faced by the authorities in dealing with this.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

5 ‘In the years 1774–1829, the most significant contribution to the campaign for Roman Catholic emancipation was made by Daniel O’Connell.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How significant was the impact of the ‘long depression’ on Irish agriculture in the passing of land legislation in the years 1881–82?

How accurate is it to say that Irish nationalists experienced more success in the years 1870–1923 than they did in the years 1782–1867?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1801–1923, British approaches to the government of Ireland remained largely unchanged?

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing British attitudes towards the removal of restrictions on Irish trade in the late 1770s and the impact that the removal of restrictions was expected to have on Ireland.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

How accurate is it to say that absentee landlords were primarily responsible for the scale of the Irish Famine?

6 ‘Unskilled urban workers in Ireland experienced no significant improvement in their working and living conditions in the years 1907–14.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1798–1916, armed uprisings by Irish nationalists were a genuine threat to British rule?

‘Lloyd George’s contribution to the development of government policy in Ireland was more important than that of other British politicians in the years 1801–1923.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the aims of the Dublin general strike (1913–14) and the key features of the strike.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

5 ‘Economic improvement was the most significant consequence of industrialisation in Ulster in the years 1825–55.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that the Irish Land League was the most significant factor shaping the Irish land issue in the years 1870–82?

9 ‘The main reason for the failure of Irish nationalism to achieve its aims, in the years 1782–1923, was the strength of the opposition rather than its own weaknesses.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

‘Gladstone’s conversion to Home Rule (1885) was the key turning point in the development of approaches to the government of Ireland by the British in the years c1774–1922.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the reasons for the success of industrialisation in Ulster and the consequences of that industrialisation in the 1830s.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

5 ‘The most significant reason for the changes to the Penal Laws, in the years 1774–93, was British concern for the security of Ireland.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that the response of the British Government to the Irish Famine in the 1840s was both timely and effective?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1798–1922, Irish nationalists completely failed to achieve their aims?

‘Concession was always a more effective method than coercion in pursuing British government policy in Ireland in the years 1798–1922.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the aims and tactics of the Land League.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the aims and tactics of the Land League.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

How accurate is it to say that the role of the Catholic Association was crucial in bringing about the decision to emancipate Catholics in 1829?

How accurate is it to say that the role of the Catholic Association was crucial in bringing about the decision to emancipate Catholics in 1829?

How significant was the role played by Jim Larkin in the development of trade unionism in Ireland in the years 1907–14?

How significant was the role played by Jim Larkin in the development of trade unionism in Ireland in the years 1907–14?

How accurate is it to say that the Easter Rising (1916) was the most significant armed uprising against British rule in Ireland in the years 1798–1921?

How accurate is it to say that the Easter Rising (1916) was the most significant armed uprising against British rule in Ireland in the years 1798–1921?

‘British policy in Ireland, in the years 1801–1922, was consistently based on the desire to maintain British control.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

‘British policy in Ireland, in the years 1801–1922, was consistently based on the desire to maintain British control.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the impact of the Famine on Ireland and the Irish attitude to the role of Britain in dealing with it.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

5 ‘The living and working conditions experienced by urban workers in Ireland, in the years 1907-14, were substantially the same as those experienced by urban workers in industrialised Ulster in the years 1825-55.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that Irish tenant farmers experienced no genuine improvement in their position in the years 1870-81?

How accurate is it to say that rebellions by Irish nationalists never posed a significant challenge to the control of Ireland by British governments in the years 1798-1916?

‘The passage of the 1914 Home Rule bill was the most important turning point in the development of British government policy towards Ireland in the years 1801-1922.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the reasons for Daniel O’Connell’s victory in the 1828 County Clare election and the implications of that victory.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

How accurate is it to say that the main reason for the development of industry in Ulster, in the years 1825–55, was the improvements made in the transport system?

6 ‘In the years 1845–51, the social and economic effects of depopulation were a disaster for Ireland.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that the 1867 Fenian Rising was the key turning point in the development of Irish nationalism in the years c1774–1885?

‘Gladstone played a greater role than any other British politician in the development of government policies to deal with the Irish Question in the years c1774–1922.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the severity of the conditions experienced by unskilled urban workers in Ireland and the reasons for the 1913–14 Dublin general strike.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

5 ‘In the years c1774–1830, the rights of Irish Catholics were substantially improved.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that the role of leading individuals was crucial to the passing of the 1870 and 1881 Land Acts?

9 ‘Rebellion and violence achieved little for Irish nationalists in the years c1774–1923.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that the passing of the Act of Union (1801) was the key turning point in the evolution of British government policy towards Ireland in the years c1774–1914?