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    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
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    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
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UCD History Hub

The Home Rule Party (The Irish Revolution Lecture 1)

podcast, 2014
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis Keywords:Tags 1906 general election, 1910 general election, Arthur Balfour, Conservative Party, Herbert Asquith, Home Rule Bill, Home Rule opposition, House of Commons, House of Lords, IPP, John Dillon, John Redmond, Joseph Devlin, Liberal Party, Michael Laffan, Parliament Act, People's Budget, Unionists, William Gladstone

LSE Digital Library

Redmond’s Last Words election poster

poster, 1910
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis Keywords:Tags 1910 general election, Charles Stewart Parnell, Home Rule, IPP, Issac Butt, John Redmond, Unionists

Decade of Centenaries timeline

Anti-Home Rule postcard: Donegall Place, Belfast under Home Rule

postcard, 1912
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags John Dillon, John Redmond, Unionists
Anti-home-rule postcard downpatrick
Down County Museum

Anti-Home Rule Postcard: Downpatrick and Assembly Hall under Home Rule

postcard, 1912
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags John Redmond, Third Home Rule Bill, Unionists
RTE Youtube

Ireland’s War-time Recruitment Explained

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags British Army, First World War, Nationalists, recruitment, Unionists

PRONI

UVF manoeuvres publicly in Belfast

photograph, 1914
Topics:Categories The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags Home Rule opposition, Ulster Unionists, Unionists, UVF
RTE YouTube

Ireland at War: Who joins up and Why?

video clip, 2016
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI Keywords:Tags British Army, First World War, Nationalists, recruitment, Unionists
RTE Century Ireland

Between armed rebellion and democratic revolution: the Irish Question in 1917

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article, 2017
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1917 by-elections, British government, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, Dublin Castle, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, Edward Carson, First World War, Home Rule, IPP, Irish Convention, John Dillon, John Redmond, Joseph Devlin, Nationalists, Partition, release of prisoners, Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin convention, Thomas Ashe, Unionists

National Portrait Gallery

Edward Carson

Painting & RIA Biography
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Ireland during WWI, The crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill, Background to the Home Rule Crisis, Opposition to Home Rule, Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14, Unionist Opposition to Home Rule Keywords:Tags biography, Edward Carson, First World War, Home Rule, Home Rule opposition, Partition, Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster Unionists, Unionists
The Irish Times

The North and 1918

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article, 2018
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin Keywords:Tags 1918 general election, British Army, Cardinal Logue, constitutional nationalists, Eamon de Valera, Edward Carson, House of Commons, IPP, Irish Convention, John Dillon, Joseph Devlin, Nationalists, Representation of the People Act, Sinn Féin, Southern Unionists, Ulster Unionist Council, Ulster Unionists, Unionists, UVF
National Archives

Home Rule : Government of Ireland Amendment Bill

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document, 23 April 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Arthur Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, British government, David Lloyd George, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, Home Rule Bill, House of Commons, Irish Convention, Lord Curzon, Nationalists, Ulster Unionists, Unionists, Walter Long, War Cabinet
National Archives

Ireland Home Rule Bill and Conscription

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document, 18 June 1918
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1914–18, Rise of Sinn Féin, Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, Arthur Balfour, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, British Army, Catholic church, conscription crisis, David Lloyd George, Eamon de Valera, First World War, Government of Ireland Act, Home Rule Bill, Lord Curzon, Nationalists, Unionists, Walter Long, War Cabinet
Hansard

Government of Ireland Bill Debate – Andrew Bonar Law

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debate, 30 March 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Government of Ireland Act Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, Government of Ireland Act, House of Commons, Northern Ireland parliament, Southern Ireland parliament, Unionists
Decade of Centenaries timeline

Five Men Shot Dead in Derry

newspaper cutting, 17 June 1920
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Anglo-Irish War Keywords:Tags British Army, Derry, IRA, riots, Unionists, UVF
BBC - Story of Ireland

Story of Ireland: James Craig and the Catholic Minority

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video clip, 2014
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Challenges facing NI government Keywords:Tags Catholic church, James Craig, Nationalists, Northern Ireland, Unionists
YouTube - RTE

What role did sectarianism play in the creation of Northern Ireland?

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Establishment of NI government, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish war, B-Specials, Dublin Castle, James Craig, Northern Ireland, Partition, Paul Bew, sectarianism, Unionists, W. T. Cosgrave
Hansard

Andrew Bonar Law – Irish Free State Debate

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debate, 15 December 1921
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Reaction to Treaty Keywords:Tags Andrew Bonar Law, Anglo-Irish treaty, Edward Carson, Government of Ireland Act, House of Commons, Northern Ireland parliament, Ulster, Unionists
National Archives UK

Cabinet Memorandum. The Irish Situation.

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document, 30 May 1922
Topics:Categories Political Developments 1919–23, Irish Civil War Keywords:Tags anti-treaty forces, Arthur Griffith, Austen Chamberlain, Collins de Valera pact, Dáil Éireann, Eamon de Valera, election, IFS Constitution, Michael Collins, pro-treaty forces, Republicans, RIC, Unionists, Winston Churchill
History Ireland

The emergence of the ‘Two Irelands’, 1912–25

Article, 2004
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Anglo-Irish treaty, Anglo-Irish war, Edward Carson, Home Rule, Irish Civil War, James Craig, Nationalists, Partition, Unionists
YouTube - RTE

Violence and the Birth of Northern Ireland

video clip, 2021
Topics:Categories Northern Ireland 1921–25, Political Developments 1919–23 Keywords:Tags Expulsions, IRA, Nationalists, Northern Ireland, Partition, Paul Bew, Unionists

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  • Third Home Rule Bill Crisis
    • Background to the Home Rule Crisis
    • Opposition to Home Rule
    • Third Home Rule Bill 1912-14
    • Reaction to the Home Rule Act
  • Political Developments
    1914–18
    • Ireland during WWI
    • Easter Rising
    • Easter Rising Aftermath
    • Rise of Sinn Féin
  • Political Developments
    1919–23
    • Anglo-Irish War
    • Truce
    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Reaction to the Treaty
    • Irish Civil War
    • Government of Ireland Act
  • Northern Ireland
    1921–25
    • Challenges facing NI government
    • Establishment of NI government
  • Study & Exam Resources
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