HISTORY SYMPOSIUM 15:11:12 AD
St. MacDara's Community College History Association 2012
LEAVING CERTIFICATE HISTORY
DISCUSSION
Thursday
15th November 2012 Periods 3 and 4
SOVERIGNTY AND PARTITION
1912-49
Chair:
Mr. Tommy Graham, Editor, History
Ireland.
Panel Members;
Rev. Brian Kennaway, Irish Association for
Economic, Social and Cultural
Relations.
Mr. Malachaí Duddy, Fianna Fáil.
Dr. Michael Kennedy, Documents on Irish
Foreign Policy, (Royal Irish
Academy).
Rev. David Frazer, Sinn Féin.
QUESTIONS;
1. Did the Ulster Covenant and foundation of the Ulster Volunteer Force stop
Protestants from considering themselves culturally
Irish?
2. Did the Northern State completely neglect its duties towards the large Catholic
minority?
3. To what extent did the Free State become a Catholic State for a Catholic people and
how did this affect the sentiment of Protestant communities North and
South?
4. Was the 1916 Rising a success or a failure?
5. Was Home Rule a missed opportunity or a sell out?
6. By 1937 had deValera completely dismantled the Anglo-Irish
Treaty?
7. Was there ever an alternative to neutrality for Ireland?
8. How were the rights of women affected under Independence?
9. What were the economic consequences of partition?
10. Did the 1949 External Relations Act represent a step forwards of backwards for Irish
Republicanism?
LEAVING CERTIFICATE HISTORY
DISCUSSION
Thursday
15th November 2012 Periods 3 and 4
SOVERIGNTY AND PARTITION
1912-49
Chair:
Mr. Tommy Graham, Editor, History
Ireland.
Panel Members;
Rev. Brian Kennaway, Irish Association for
Economic, Social and Cultural
Relations.
Mr. Malachaí Duddy, Fianna Fáil.
Dr. Michael Kennedy, Documents on Irish
Foreign Policy, (Royal Irish
Academy).
Rev. David Frazer, Sinn Féin.
QUESTIONS;
1. Did the Ulster Covenant and foundation of the Ulster Volunteer Force stop
Protestants from considering themselves culturally
Irish?
2. Did the Northern State completely neglect its duties towards the large Catholic
minority?
3. To what extent did the Free State become a Catholic State for a Catholic people and
how did this affect the sentiment of Protestant communities North and
South?
4. Was the 1916 Rising a success or a failure?
5. Was Home Rule a missed opportunity or a sell out?
6. By 1937 had deValera completely dismantled the Anglo-Irish
Treaty?
7. Was there ever an alternative to neutrality for Ireland?
8. How were the rights of women affected under Independence?
9. What were the economic consequences of partition?
10. Did the 1949 External Relations Act represent a step forwards of backwards for Irish
Republicanism?