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The Ulster Crisis-The Final Phase - Coggle Diagram
The Ulster Crisis-The Final Phase
Irish Volunteers
nationalists aware that Unionist extra-parliamentary tactics could deliver Ulster out of Dublin Parliament
IPP + Redmond did not have master plan to counter
Eoin MacNeill + Douglas Hyde-who set up Gaelic League in 1893-established Irish Volunteers in Dublin on November 25th 1913
Redmond + constitutional nationalists uneasy about supporting IV
IRB keen to infiltrate IV
December 5th royal proclamation banning importation of arms + weapons into Ireland
UVF had imported and blind eye was turned for them-raising money for importation of weapons-Fred Crawford
Belfast Unionists willing to invest to keep Ulster British, in England Lord Milner raised money thru British League for Support of Ulster + Union Defence League
uncertainty whether Br army would act against Unionists
Carson + law keen to raise issue of army loyalty-more pressure on Asquith
Curragh Mutiny
March 14th 1914 Churchill spoke in Bradford and said troops would be used to end any scheme for PG in Ulster
Secretary of State for War Seely-if an officer refused to obey orders they would face immediate dismissal, but if they had homes in Ulster they would be given special consideration
General Hubert Gough + 58 others would refuse if they had to march north
embarrassed PM + reduced pressure he could put on BL and Carson
Gun Running
24th April UVF landed large consignment of arms
obtained in Hamburg, brought to Bangor, Larne + Donaghadee
UVF sealed off towns, telephone + telegraph wires immobilised
RIC did nothing to prevent this-forces of law + order behind the efforts of the UVF abt prevention of HR
24,600 rifles + 3m rounds of ammunition-practical + propaganda boost
no steps taken for fear of provoking violence in Ulster
IV membership rocketed 7000 to 100,000 by 1914
1914 Redmond asked to co-operate w/ IPP to present united front
July 1914 1500 rifles + 45,000 rounds of ammunition for IVF Howth Dublin
security forces did not turn a blind eye-Dublin Metropolitan Police to seize weapons- 3 people killed + many injured
nationalists outraged - double standards by authorities, peaceful resolution decreased
BL asked Asquith to postpone activity on HR bill + accompanying amendment to show national unity
Suspensory Act postponed legislation 1914
by 1914 Redmond coming around to exclusion of Ulster but only on temporary basis
BL + Cons, HR against Imperialist principles, realised HR inevitable