Transcript – 1916? Fighting for whom Jason Brierley, St George’s CoE High School

Fighting for whom – 1916?
Introduction
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Jason Brierley, St George’s CoE High School
‘Ireland in Schools’
BPS
SIS, Blackpool
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Introduction
‘The Birth of the Republic’ by Walter Paget, 1916
An artist’s impression of the scene inside the General Post Office, Dublin, at the height of the
Easter Rising, just before the surrender.
‘The Attack by the 36th (Ulster) Division, Somme, 1st July 1916‘ by James Prinsep
Beadle, 1917
Beadle, a military artist, painted scenes from the Great War, often from imagination and sometimes
with the help from veterans - in this instance the young officer with his arm raised.
Recruiting posters for British Army
Propaganda and some facts about the behaviour of the Germans when they invaded Belgium were used
to influence the public attitude to the war. These recruiting posters play on the fears. aroused.
Recruitment poster for Irish Citizen Army
Parade of Irish Citizen Army at head office of the Irish Transport Workers Union, Dublin
Note the banner on the building; WE SERVE NEITHER KING NOR KAISER ONLY IRELAND
Irish leaders
Lesson 2
Recruitment posters
Sinn Fein anti-conscription poster
Lesson 3
Relational diagram – triple Venn diagram
General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Dublin, after the Rising
Lesson 4
Michael Collins
Extra
Collins & de Valera – arguments for and against the Anglo-Irish treaty, 1921
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REASONS WHY
you should join
The Irish Citizen Army
BECAUSE It pledges its members to work for, organise for, drill for and fight
for an Independent Ireland.
BECAUSE It places its reliance upon the only class that never betrayed
Ireland - the Irish Working Class.
BECAUSE Having a definite aim to work for there is no fear of it being
paralysed in the moment of action by divisions in its Executive Body.
BECAUSE It teaches that ‘the sole right of ownership of Ireland is vested in
the people of Ireland, and that the full right of ownership may, and ought to be
enforced by any and all means that God hath put within the power of man.
BECAUSE It works in harmony with the Labour and true Nationalist
Movements and thus embraces all that makes for Social Welfare and National
Dignity.
Companies Wanted in Every District
RECRUITS WANTED EVERY HOUR
Apply for further information, Secretary, Citizen Army, Liberty Hall, Dublin
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Sir Edward Carson
(1854-1935)
John Redmond
(1856-1918)
Patrick Pearse
(1879-1916)
He led the Ulster
Unionist party from
1910 until 1921.
He led the Irish
Parliamentary Party
from 1900 until 1918.
He led the Irish rebels in
1916.
He wanted Ireland to
stay a part of the United
Kingdom.
He did not want Ireland
to have a parliament of
its own.
He wanted Ireland to
have Home Rule with its
own parliament but to
remain part of the
United Kingdom.
He wanted Ireland to be
totally separated from
Britain and the British
empire and was
prepared to die for his
beliefs.
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Lesson 2, source 1-3
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Lesson 2, source 4
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Lesson 3, task 2
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Lesson 3, task 3
Michael Collins, 1921
Poster for film Michael Collins,
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Lesson 4
Arguments for & against the Treaty
Northern Ireland and Its Neighbours
since 1920 by S. Gillespie & G. Jones,
Hodder & Stoughton,, 034062034X, p. 23
We have got peace which is what the people
want.
You may have peace but where is the
Republic we have fought for from 1916?
We are able to set up our own government
and rule ourselves.
Your powers are limited while you stay
in the Empire and have the King as head of state.
An oath of loyalty to the King has
no meaning.
We swore an oath of loyalty to the Republic
and we will not swear an oath to the King.
This is a step towards independence. We will
take other steps and become fully independent.
Britain will continue to interfere in Ireland's
affairs unless you remove her power completely.
We are not in a position to start another war
with Britain.
We will still have British troops
In our country.
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