Year 10 Revision Guide
P10 Irish History (1800-1900)
· Ireland in 1800
· The Act of Union
· Important cities in Ireland
· How Ireland was ruled
· The Famine
· Relief measures
· Michael Davitt and the land league
· The Land War
· Solving the land problem
· The Ulster Linen Industry
· The growth of Belfast
· Important industries in Belfast
· Unionism
· Nationalism
· Republicanism (United Irishmen, Robert Emmet, Young Irelanders, Fenians).
· Daniel O’Connell and Catholic Emancipation.
· What was Home Rule?
· Isaac Butt
· William Ewart Gladstone
· Ulster Unionism
· Charles Stewart Parnell (Kitty O’Shea)
· The Gaelic Revival
Test in 2 Parts
1. 60 short question (60 marks)
2. 6 x 6 lines on some of the above topics (40 marks)
Year 10 Revision Guide
B10 Irish History
The 3rd Home Rule Crisis 1924-1914
· What is Home Rule?
· Gladstone and the 2nd Home Rule Bill
· The Gaelic revival and the GAA0
· John Redmond and the Home Rule Party
· The Parliament Act of 1911
· The 3rd Home Rule Bill 1912
· Ulster says no to Home Rule
· The UVF, Larne gun running, Carson and Craig
· The IVF, Howth Gun Running, Eoin MacNeill
· Ireland on the verge of Civil War 1914
· World War I breaks out (August 1914)
· Home Rule “Shelved”
· Irish volunteers split in two.
Test in 2 Parts
1. 30 short questio
2. 6 x 5 lines on some of the above topics
Year 10 Revision Guide
C10 Irish History
· What is a Nation?
· Symbols of a Nation
· The British Empire
· Ireland and The British Empire
· Living in Ireland in the 19th Century
· The Famine 1845-1849
· Landlords, emigration, “Coffin Ships”.
· Britain: workshop of the world
· Trade and industry in Ulster (Linen)
· Shipbuilding in Belfast
· The Act of Union
· Opposition to English Rule – (United Irishmen, Young Irelanders, Fenians)
· Constitutional Nationalists
(Daniel O’Connell, Issac Butt)
· What is Home Rule?
· Charles Stewart Parnell
· The Land League and Michael Davitt
· The Land War
· Gladstone and Home Rule
· Parnell
· The Gaelic Revivial (GAA)
