Ireland in the XIX century. Union, Famine, and Home Rule. (Lecture 5)

OVERVIEW:

The 1801 Act of Union
Robert Emmet
Daniel O’Connell
The Great Famine
Charles Stewart Parnell

THE ACT OF UNION (1801)

THE ACT OF UNION (1801)

Great Britain + Ireland
The Parliament -> abolished

ROBERT EMMET (1778 – 1803)

AND THE 1803 UPRISING

DANIEL O’CONNELL (1775 – 1847)

1823: the Catholic Association
The Catholic Emancipation Act:

DANIEL O’CONNELL (1775 – 1847)

THE POTATO FAMINE

1845: potato blight
Relief works
1947: soup kitchens
Cholera, typhus, dysentery
Southern and

THE POTATO FAMINE

1851: 250 000 emigrated
8 million in 1841 vs 6,5

THE LAND WAR

The late 1870-s
The agriculture -> recession
Many farmers evicted
1879: the

CHARLES STEWART PARNELL (1846 – 1891)

a fair rent, fixed tenure, and

THE HOME RULE MOVEMENT

Ch.S. Parnell, the House of Commons
The Home Rule

THE HOME RULE MOVEMENT

Protestant opposition growing
1886: The Ulster Unionist Party
1905: Sinn

H/W:

Watch the following videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhs7k_5uwi0&index=26&list=PL55XqDjybyL_HtaZQSfy0ljqYL3iR7YGS – The Rise of O’Connell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuSfIRRnKfU&index=34&list=PL55XqDjybyL_HtaZQSfy0ljqYL3iR7YGS – The

EXTRA RESOURCES:
The Story of Ireland. Age of Union. Episode 4
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/parnell.htm -

TRINITY COLLEGE LECTURES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVc733EOJdk&list=PL55XqDjybyL_HtaZQSfy0ljqYL3iR7YGS&index=16 - The Reasons for the Act of Union
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78vcoYD9uk&index=17&list=PL55XqDjybyL_HtaZQSfy0ljqYL3iR7YGS