SOCIAL DIVISIONS WITHIN IRELAND
WHAT: To understand the cause of social divisions that existed in Ireland after 1800
HOW: To research and analyze a variety of primary documents and cartoons from the period between 1800 and Catholic emancipation. WHY: Understand that following the failed Wolfe Tone rebellion, Irish nationalism would take on sectarian focus for Catholic emancipation under the leadership of Daniel O'Connell and the organization of the Catholic Association. |
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CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION
Research: Who was Daniel O'Connell?
What were the aims of the Catholic Emancipation Association?
How did the aims and methods of the Catholic Emancipation Association differ from the ideas and methods of the United Irishmen?
What does the portrait of O'Connell tell you about the aims and methods of O'Connell?
Why was the Catholic Association so successful?
What were the aims of the Catholic Emancipation Association?
How did the aims and methods of the Catholic Emancipation Association differ from the ideas and methods of the United Irishmen?
What does the portrait of O'Connell tell you about the aims and methods of O'Connell?
Why was the Catholic Association so successful?
THE 1826 ELECTION
1. Why did Catholics tend to vote for their (Protestant) landlords in elections prior to 1826?
2. How did O'Connell try to influence the support for the landlords/landowners?
3. How did O'Connell get around the problem of the secret ballot?
4. How effective were the methods of O'Connell and his Catholic Association?
2. How did O'Connell try to influence the support for the landlords/landowners?
3. How did O'Connell get around the problem of the secret ballot?
4. How effective were the methods of O'Connell and his Catholic Association?
THE 1828 BY-ELECTION
Discuss...I see, I think, I wonder
Which side has produced the cartoon?
What event is the cartoon referring to?
What is the message of the cartoon below?
What anxieties and sectarian tensions does the cartoon illustrate?
Which side has produced the cartoon?
What event is the cartoon referring to?
What is the message of the cartoon below?
What anxieties and sectarian tensions does the cartoon illustrate?
1829 CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION ACT
1. Why did the British government pass the Catholic Emancipation Act in 1829?
2. What were the effects on Catholics of the passing of the Act?
3. How did O'Connell finally come to take his seat in the Westminster parliament?
2. What were the effects on Catholics of the passing of the Act?
3. How did O'Connell finally come to take his seat in the Westminster parliament?
THE TITHE WAR 1831-36
1. Why did the Irish feel resentment over the tithe?
2. List the events that occurred during the tithe war.
3. What does the tithe war tell us about the nature of the independence movement by the 1830's?
2. List the events that occurred during the tithe war.
3. What does the tithe war tell us about the nature of the independence movement by the 1830's?