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 starter activity. Eamon de Valera. Lloyd-George. Edward Carson. When the Anglo-Irish Treaty was eventually signed in 1921 agreeing to the formal partition of Ireland, what do you think the above were thinking?. How was Northern Ireland created?.  Aims.

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  1. starter activity Eamon de Valera Lloyd-George Edward Carson When the Anglo-Irish Treaty was eventually signed in 1921 agreeing to the formal partition of Ireland, what do you think the above were thinking?

  2. How was Northern Ireland created?  Aims To assess the impact of the Easter Rising To study the reasons for the Partition of Ireland (1921)

  3.  Your task • Read the information that follows from ‘The Struggle for Peace in Northern Ireland’ and answer questions 1- 5.

  4. Reasons for growth in support for Sinn Fein • Execution of leaders of Easter Rising • Proposal to introduce conscription for Irish • Sinn Fein declared itself to be Dail Earrean • Enjoyed support of IRA

  5. Resistance to the Dail • Leader of Sinn Fein (De Valera) unpopular with Unionists: Catholic, supporter of Gaelic League • Worries in Westminster & Ulster over hardline views of Sinn Fein (compared with moderate IPP)

  6. Tactics used by British & Irish • IRA pursued guerrilla war against RIC (Royal Irish Constabulary) • New British regiment - Black & Tans • IRA organised itself into flying columns

  7. Increase in violence • Black & Tans: homes burned, IRA prisoners tortured • IRA: tortured & killed civilians, e.g. accountant Alan Bell • In Ulster, c.500 people – Catholics, Protestants & police killed in attacks between 1920 and 1922

  8. Govt. of Ireland Act, 1920 • Unionists: reluctant to accept partition (division) of Ireland • Nationalists: wanted full independence – achieved by Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) & Partition

  9.  Your task Data collection sheet • Examine the situation in Ireland before and after the Easter Rising (1916). Complete the table your teacher gives you.

  10.  Plenary • Why was the Easter Rising a turning point in Irish history? Introduce your answer by very briefly explaining the key events. Identify 3 or more reasons why it was a turning point and develop these with evidence from your research, newspaper and weblinks on the history website www.studyhistory.co.uk

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