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1916 Easter Rising - Coggle Diagram
1916 Easter Rising
The Unionist Party
● Led by Edward Carson from 1910-21
● Wanted to keep the Act of Union entact
● Aims
○ Westminster would continue to make laws for Ireland
○ The British gov and Crown would keep representatives in Ireland
○ Wanted to prevent HR
Irish Republican Brotherhood
● Radical nationalist organisation
● Founded in 1858
● Believed in the use of physical force
● Small but growing in 1910
● Aims
○ Full independence for Ireland
○ Make an Irish republic
○ Use physical force if necessary
Divided Ireland
● Nationalists
○ Most Irish people
○ Wanted home rule
○ Supported Redmond and IPP
○ Catholics
○ Lived in the South
● Unionists
○ Anti-Home Rule - (Rome rule/business)
○ Wanted to remain in Empire
○ Supported the UPP - Craig + Carson
○ Mainly Protestants
○ Lived in Ulster
Political Parties and Organisations in 1910 - Irish Parliamentary Party
● Home rule - a parliament in Dublin that looked after internal affairs (education) and the
British parliament would continue to look after external affairs e.g. war and peace
● The IPP or Home Rule Party was reunited by John Redmond in 1900 (post Parnell split)
● IPP remained a constitutional nationalist party
● Aims:
○ Achieve HR through political means
○ King/Queen of England would remain in power over Ireland
Life in the Early 1900s
● Ireland = part of the British Empire since the Act of Union in 1801
● Ireland -> no parliament
● MPs travelled to Westminster
● Ireland divided (Nationalist - Unionist)