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Sacrament
A very important Christian ritual
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Heretic
Someone who believed or practised religious heresy; disagreeing with the churches religious views.
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blood sacrifice
The idea that Irish people would be inspired to fight for an Irish Republic by the death of men in the 1916 Rising
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Military Council
Set up in 1915, it was to plan the easter rising, Patrick Pearse and J. Plunkett.
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Home Rule Party
Party formed from Home Rule MPs, led by John Redmond.
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Castle Document
A forged document used to persuade Eoin MacNeil to take immediate action in the Rising, IVF will only attack if they are attacked.
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The Solemn League and Covenant
A document signed by over 500,000 Unionists in which they promised that they would do everything in their power to prevent H.R.
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Unionist
Protestant,violence, Britain, UVF.
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guerrilla warfare
A type of fighting that consists of surprise attacks and ambushes.
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RIC
Royal Irish Constabulary. The armed police force until 1922.
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IRA
Irish Republican Army
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IRB
Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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Nationalist
Catholic, constitutional means, freedom, independence, IVF
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Military failures
The Irish had to surrender in the Easter Rising. The only failure of the E.R. was that the Irish didn't win the fight.
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Flying Columns
Groups of full time volunteers set up by the IRA who moved from place to place to help local commanders set up ambushes.
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Act of Union 1801
Uniting Ireland and Britain under the Westminster Parliament in London.
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Black and Tans and Auxiliaries
B+T: former British soldiers sent into Ireland by the British. A: ex-army officials recruited to help the B+T.
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Bloody Sunday
Collins' Squad killed 13 British soldiers/intelligence agents. Auxiliaries enter Croke Park during a Dub v Tip match and open fire killing 14 civilians.
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Renaissance
A time when people began to take a new interest in the world of Ancient Greece and Rome.
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Parliament Act 1911
A bill could only be rejected twice, and would have to be made a law by the third attempt.
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Act of Supremacy
a law that declared the English King/Queen to be the head of the Church of England.
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Tuath and Ri
The land and people ruled by the King and a celtic King.
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Neolithic
Period when people farmed and used better stone tools.
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Mesolithic
The period of time where hunter-gatherers used simple stone tools.
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Counter Reformation
The response of the Catholic church to the spread of Protestantism.
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Statute of Westminster
Law that allowed Ireland to leave the commonwealth, we could change any laws, dismantle the Treaty.
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Economic War
Conflict in 1930s between Ireland and Britain when deValera refused to pay the land annuities, Britain imposed taxes on Irish imports and Ireland responded with taxes on British imports
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Ogham
A type of ancient Celtic writing
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Fulacht fiadh
A water filled trough used for cooking during the Bronze Age
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Crannóg
A Celtic house made in a man-made lake
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Empire
A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
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Propaganda
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
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Bias
prejudice
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cloister
Where monks walked.
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Refectory
dining hall for monks.
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Aos Dána
The skilled people in Celtic society.
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nepotism
favoritism to relatives.
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Simony
The buying and selling of church positions.
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Pluralism
A priest having more than one parish to serve.
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absenteeism
A priest not living in his parish.
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Indulgences
The selling of pieces of paper the church claimed would get you into heaven no matter your sins. The church used the money raised from this to rebuild St.Peter's cathedral in Rome.
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Pergatory
place between heaven and hell.
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Primary Source
Evidence directly from the time being studied e.g. Newspaper, diary
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Secondary Source
Modern history books
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Portolan charts
Early navigational maps of the sea.
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Caravels
Ships with lateen sails that where clinker built. They were invented in Sagres, Portugal in the navigational school.
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Astrolabe
instrument used to determine latitude.
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Log and line
Used to measure speed.
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Interned
To be jailed without trial.
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Dictator
Person who controls a country and makes all major decisions.
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Fascism
A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism and no tolerance of oppositionelief in one's own country and having a superior attitude.
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Fascist
a person with extremely nationalistic views
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Communism
Creates an equal society for all people.
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Tsar
The Russian term for ruler or king.
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NICRA
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
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Gerrymandering
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
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Sectarianism
To discriminate against a person due to their religion.
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RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary
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FIPG
First inter-party government; Fianna gael, labour, Clann na Poblachta; John .A. Costello
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Coalition government
When two or more parties join together to form a government.
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Druid
Celtic priest
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Guild
A medieval organization of crafts workers or tradesmen.
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Inca's
Francisco Pizarro
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Aztec's
Hernando Cortes
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Black Death
the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
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Munster Republic
The territory the Irish Republican/Irregulars named theirs in Munster.
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Wall Street Crash
When the stock market crashed in October 1929.
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Maginot Line
Line of defense built by France to protect against German invasion. Stretched from Belgium to Switzerland.
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Reign of Terror
(1793-94)During the French revolution were Robespierre has over 40,000 people executed.
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Monastery
A place where communities of monks live lives of devotion to God in isolation from the outside world
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Patricians
Rich Romans
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Plebeians
Poor Romans
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Treason
Betraying your country
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Catacombs
An underground cemetery.
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Feudal System
How land was owned and society was organised in the Middle Ages
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Peasant
A person who worked on the land
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Serf
A person who belonged to the lord and farmed his land.
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Keep
A large tower lived in by the lord's family.
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Patron
A person who pays an artist to produce a work of art.
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Icon
A painting of a religious subject made as an object of worship or prayer.
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Perspective
Adding depth to a work of art.
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Fresco
A picture painted straight onto a wall or ceiling. The paint is applied to wet plaster.
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Cartography
The science of making maps
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Mutiny
Open rebellion against authority
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Colony
A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
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Edict
A law passed by an emperor
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The Pale
A small area of land around Dublin controlled by the king of England
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Undertakers
A man who received an estate in a plantation and agreed to follow the rules of the plantation.
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Bawn/Bailey
A stone wall
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Workhouse
A large building where poor people were given basic accommodation and made to work during the famine
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Anglicisation
The spreading of English culture
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partition
Diving a country into two parts
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Conscription
Being forced to join an army.
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Land annuities
British government had loaned money to Irish tenants to buy their farms. These were the annual repayments of these loans to the British.
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Neutral
A country that takes no side in a conflict or war.
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Battle of Bogside
August 12th, 1969. The Apprentice Boys march around the walled city of Derry
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B-Specials
Part-time police in Northern Ireland
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Coffin Ships
The ships that carried Irish people to The US after the potato famine
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Toga
Official dress of a Roman citizen.
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Stola
A long woolen tunic which a girl wore after she married.(roman)
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Flying Shuttle
Invented by John Kay, this sped up the weaving process in 1733.
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Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves, quicker yarn making process.
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John Knox
Brought Presbyterianism to Scotland.
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Mother and Child Scheme
Public health scheme to give free medical aid to children under sixteen and to mothers
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James Watt
Invented the steam engine
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95 Theses
Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenberg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation
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