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WorksheetsSecond Year History Examination Summer 2020
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Which of the following definitions best describes the keyword 'Chronology'?
Putting historical events in the order that they happen from the earliest to the most modern.
Putting historical events in reverse order
Putting historical events in no order
Arranging historical events to see a pattern.
Which of the following statements is true about 'Unionism'? Please tick more than one answer.
They see themselves as Irish first and British second.
They see themselves as British first and Irish second.
They see themselves as British and not Irish.
They see themselves as Irish and not British.
In the late 1700's Ireland was ruled by the Protestant Ascendancy. Who were the 'Protestant Ascendancy'?
Members of the Methodist Church
Members of the Catholic Church
Members of the Presbyterian Church
Members of the Church of Ireland
The United Irishmen were strongly influenced by a revolution in which country?
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
The Society of the United Irishmen was founded on October 18th 1791 in which Irish city?
Galway
Dublin
Belfast
Cork
In 1796 bad weather stopped a French Invasion at Bantry Bay in order to help the United Irishmen. Who was the French General in charge of this attempted invasion?
Hoche
Lake
Humbert
Richelieu
Which of the counties listed below did NOT have a United Irishman Rising in 1798?
Dublin
Meath
Wexford
Cavan
Name the Place in County Wexford where the main rebel camp was during the 1798 Rebellion.
(a)
Which of the following was a United Irishman leader in Ulster?
Henry Joy McCracken
Henry John McCracken
Henry Joy McCarron
Henry John McCarron
Name the French General who defeated the British at the 'Races of Castlebar'.
Humphrey
Humbert
Hummingbird
Hoche
The Act passed in 1800 which ended Grattan's Parliament and joined Ireland and England together politically was called the 'Act of (a) '
What was the name of the priest who was one of the main leaders of the United Irishmen in Wexford in 1798?
Father John Murphy
Father John McCrea
Father John Mulligan
Father John Joyce
Which of the following definitions is the closest in meaning to the key term 'Repeal' from your Parliamentary Traditions chapter/topic?
Doing away with the Act of Unity and restoring Grantham's Parliament
Doing away with Grattan's Parliament
Doing away with the Act of Union and restoring Grattan's Parliament.
In what year was Daniel O'Connell born?
1773
1774
1775
1776
While working as a barrister (lawyer) Daniel O'Connell got a nickname. What was the nickname?
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count
The Councilman
The Councellor
What was the name of the set of laws in Ireland that were designed to keep Catholics out of power and uneducated?
(a)
In what year did O'Connell set up the 'Catholic Association' to fight the discrimination of the Penal Laws?
1822
1823
1824
1825
Which of the following was an act of parliament which allowed Catholics to take their seats in Westminster Parliament?
Catholic Relief Act 1829
Catholic Relief Act 1828
Catholic Relief Act 1827
Catholic Relief Act 1826
After the passing of the Catholic Relief Act 1929 Daniel O'Connell got a new nickname. What was he now known as?
The Liberal
The Liberator
The Liberation
The Liberal Councilman
Daniel O'Connell set up the Repeal Association in what year?
1840
1841
1842
1843
Which of the following set up the Home Rule Movement in 1870?
Charles Stewart Parnell
Isaac Butt
John Redmond
John Dillon
Which of the following names refers to a secret Irish organisation dedicated to getting the British out of Ireland? Tick more than one.
The Irish Republic Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Fenians
The Irish Republican Army
Which of the following politicians was NOT involved in the 'New Departure'?
Charles Stewart Parnell
Michael Davitt
John Devoy
Bertie Ahern
In what year did Parnell and Prime Minister Gladstone agree the 'Kilmainham Treaty'?
1879
1880
1881
1882
In what year did Westminster pass a Home Rule Bill which would provide for a parliament in Dublin to deal with internal Irish affairs while Westminster would deal with external affairs.
1886
1887
1888
1889
What was the name of the married woman that Parnell had been having an affair with since 1880?
Katherine O'Sullivan
Katherine Murphy
Katherine O'Shea
Katherine Byrne
Which Dublin cemetery is Parnell buried in?
Mount Jerome Cemetery
Deansgrange Cemetery
Fingal Cemetery
Glasnevin Cemetery
What act tried to provide a fair rent for tenant farmers and allowed them access to a Land Court which could decide what a fair rent was for them?
1880 Land Act
1881 Land Act
1882 Land Act
1883 Land Act
What was the population of Ireland in the 1840's?
4 million
5 million
8 million
10 million
Who did the British Government rule through during this time in Ireland?
Prime Minister
Northern Secretary
Lord Lieutenant
Taoiseach
What were cottiers?
Small farmers who rented conacres from farmers
Rich Landlords
Irish politicians
British representatives
What were many people forced to do when struck by poverty in Ireland?
Get another job
Emigrate
Grow a new crop
The Irish Famine occurred roughly from the years;
1845 – 1850
1902 – 1906
1750 – 1760
1845 – 1899
Which of the following caused the Irish Famine? Tick all boxes that apply.
Blight
Subdivision of Land
Increase in Population
Dependence on the Potato
Which of the following did the British Government introduce during the Famine? Tick all boxes that apply.
Government bought Indian corn and set up public works
Laissez-faire policy
Soup Kitchen Act
Workhouses
Famine workhouses were:
Clean, with plenty of space for people to live in
Filthy and disease-ridden, with overcrowding being a major problem
What was the main cause of death during the Famine?
Starvation
Violence
Disease
Ships who left for America were known as (a) (Spelling WILL matter)
The Irish people who emigrated during the famine became known as the:
Fighting Irish
Coffin Shippers
Irish Diaspora
Many Irish people, particularly emigrants, blamed (a) for the Famine
What problems were Irish emigrants forced to endure? Tick all boxes that apply.
Crowded tenenments
Poorly paid jobs
Discrimination
Prejudice
On what date was the G.A.A. founded or set up in Hayes Hotel?
November 1st 1883
November 1st 1884
November 1st 1885
November 1st 1886
Which of the following people was NOT an original patron of the G.A.A?
C.S. Parnell
Archbishop Croke
Michael Davitt
Sean McCague
The G.A.A. can be seen as part of which bigger movement in Ireland at the end of the Nineteenth century?
Cultural Revival
Anglo-Irish Literary Movement
Fenianism
New United Irishmen Movement
What organisation, set up in 1893, also wanted to de-anglicise Irish society (take out the English influences)
Irish Association
Irish League
Gaelic League
Gaelic Association
The conflict between which two groups split the G.A.A? (Tick two boxes)
Home Rulers
Royal Irish Constabulary
Fenians
Irish Rugby Football Uniion
In what year was an All ireland Final NOT held?
(a)
In what year was a sloped terrace behind the goals installed in Croke Park?
1915
1916
1917
1924
In what year did the GAA ban members of the RIC (the police force in Ireland under British rule) from playing GAA
1894
1895
1896
1897
In what year was the Camogie Association set up?
(a)
In what year was the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) set up?
1974
1975
1976
1977
In what year did the GAA lift Rule 27 (the Ban) on members playing ‘foreign games’ ?
1970
1971
1972
1973
In what year did the GAA amend (change) Rule 42 which banned the playing of foreign games in Croke Park to allow the Ireland rugby team to play England
2006
2005
2007
2008
How many civilians were killed during the 'Bloody Sunday' attack in 1920 at Croke Park?
11
12
13
14
The G.A.A. set up the Scór competition in what year?
(a)
