1. With whom did Parnell have an affair: (i) Katharine O’Shea (ii) Katharine Kennedy (iii) Mary O’Shea?
2. What led to the split in the Home Rule Party?
3. Was the majority of the Home Rule Party in support or against Parnell?
4. Where is Parnell buried? 5. List two achievements of Parnell.
Parnell’s funeral passing through Sackville Street (now O’Connell St) in Dublin. What does this drawing tell you about the popularity of Parnell? What monuments and buildings do you recognise in the drawing?
Key Words Act of Union Catholic
Emancipation Fenians
Home Rule
Parliamentary tradition
Penal Laws
Physical force tradition
Repeal Unionism
a law that abolished the parliament in Dublin and said Irish MPs (members of parliament) and Irish lords would sit in the Westminster parliament
the removing of laws that placed restrictions on Catholics in Britain and Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries
Irish political group formed in mid-19th century that believed in the use of physical force to achieve Irish independence, also known as IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood)
Irish nationalist policy that wanted self-government in Ireland with a parliament in Dublin dealing with internal Irish affairs
belief in use of peaceful means to achieve political change, and to achieve Irish independence; opposed to physical force tradition
laws passed in 17th and 18th century Ireland to control/discriminate against Catholics and Presbyterians
belief in use of revolution, armed uprising to achieve Irish independence; opposed to parliamentary tradition
(of Act of Union) bringing parliament (or Irish members of parliament) back from Westminster to Dublin
political belief that wanted to maintain the union with Britain, that parliament in Westminster would continue to make laws for Ireland
Review Questions 1. Questions on Sources
With which of the following statements about the cartoon on p. 212 do you agree? You may agree with more than one choice.
(i) This is a primary source because … … it was printed at the time. … it is a first-hand account. … it is an original source. … it is a visual source.
(ii) This is a primary source for … … the history of cartoons.
… English attitudes to Daniel O’Connell. … a biography of Daniel O’Connell. … the Great Irish Famine.