1Sacrament
A very important Christian ritual
2Heretic
Someone who believed or practised religious heresy; disagreeing with the churches religious views.
3blood sacrifice
The idea that Irish people would be inspired to fight for an Irish Republic by the death of men in the 1916 Rising
4Military Council
Set up in 1915, it was to plan the easter rising, Patrick Pearse and J. Plunkett.
5Home Rule Party
Party formed from Home Rule MPs, led by John Redmond.
6Castle Document
A forged document used to persuade Eoin MacNeil to take immediate action in the Rising, IVF will only attack if they are attacked.
7The 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.
8Unionist
Protestant,violence, Britain, UVF.
9guerrilla warfare
A type of fighting that consists of surprise attacks and ambushes.
10RIC
Royal Irish Constabulary. The armed police force until 1922.
11IRA
Irish Republican Army
12IRB
Irish Republican Brotherhood.
13Nationalist
Catholic, constitutional means, freedom, independence, IVF
14Military 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.
15Flying Columns
Groups of full time volunteers set up by the IRA who moved from place to place to help local commanders set up ambushes.
16Act of Union 1801
Uniting Ireland and Britain under the Westminster Parliament in London.
17Black 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.
18Bloody 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.
19Renaissance
A time when people began to take a new interest in the world of Ancient Greece and Rome.
20Parliament Act 1911
A bill could only be rejected twice, and would have to be made a law by the third attempt.
21Act of Supremacy
a law that declared the English King/Queen to be the head of the Church of England.
22Tuath and Ri
The land and people ruled by the King and a celtic King.
23Neolithic
Period when people farmed and used better stone tools.
24Mesolithic
The period of time where hunter-gatherers used simple stone tools.
25Counter Reformation
The response of the Catholic church to the spread of Protestantism.
26Statute of Westminster
Law that allowed Ireland to leave the commonwealth, we could change any laws, dismantle the Treaty.
27Economic 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
28Ogham
A type of ancient Celtic writing
29Fulacht fiadh
A water filled trough used for cooking during the Bronze Age
30Crannóg
A Celtic house made in a man-made lake
31Empire
A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
32Propaganda
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
34cloister
Where monks walked.
35Refectory
dining hall for monks.
36Aos Dána
The skilled people in Celtic society.
37nepotism
favoritism to relatives.
38Simony
The buying and selling of church positions.
39Pluralism
A priest having more than one parish to serve.
40absenteeism
A priest not living in his parish.
41Indulgences
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.
42Pergatory
place between heaven and hell.
43Primary Source
Evidence directly from the time being studied e.g. Newspaper, diary
44Secondary Source
Modern history books
45Portolan charts
Early navigational maps of the sea.
46Caravels
Ships with lateen sails that where clinker built. They were invented in Sagres, Portugal in the navigational school.
47Astrolabe
instrument used to determine latitude.
48Log and line
Used to measure speed.
49Interned
To be jailed without trial.
50Dictator
Person who controls a country and makes all major decisions.
51Fascism
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.
52Fascist
a person with extremely nationalistic views
53Communism
Creates an equal society for all people.
54Tsar
The Russian term for ruler or king.
55NICRA
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
56Gerrymandering
Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
57Sectarianism
To discriminate against a person due to their religion.
58RUC
Royal Ulster Constabulary
59FIPG
First inter-party government; Fianna gael, labour, Clann na Poblachta; John .A. Costello
60Coalition government
When two or more parties join together to form a government.
62Guild
A medieval organization of crafts workers or tradesmen.
63Inca's
Francisco Pizarro
65Black Death
the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
66Munster Republic
The territory the Irish Republican/Irregulars named theirs in Munster.
67Wall Street Crash
When the stock market crashed in October 1929.
68Maginot Line
Line of defense built by France to protect against German invasion. Stretched from Belgium to Switzerland.
69Reign of Terror
(1793-94)During the French revolution were Robespierre has over 40,000 people executed.
70Monastery
A place where communities of monks live lives of devotion to God in isolation from the outside world
73Treason
Betraying your country
74Catacombs
An underground cemetery.
75Feudal System
How land was owned and society was organised in the Middle Ages
76Peasant
A person who worked on the land
77Serf
A person who belonged to the lord and farmed his land.
78Keep
A large tower lived in by the lord's family.
79Patron
A person who pays an artist to produce a work of art.
80Icon
A painting of a religious subject made as an object of worship or prayer.
81Perspective
Adding depth to a work of art.
82Fresco
A picture painted straight onto a wall or ceiling. The paint is applied to wet plaster.
83Cartography
The science of making maps
84Mutiny
Open rebellion against authority
85Colony
A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
86Edict
A law passed by an emperor
87The Pale
A small area of land around Dublin controlled by the king of England
88Undertakers
A man who received an estate in a plantation and agreed to follow the rules of the plantation.
89Bawn/Bailey
A stone wall
90Workhouse
A large building where poor people were given basic accommodation and made to work during the famine
91Anglicisation
The spreading of English culture
92partition
Diving a country into two parts
93Conscription
Being forced to join an army.
94Land annuities
British government had loaned money to Irish tenants to buy their farms. These were the annual repayments of these loans to the British.
95Neutral
A country that takes no side in a conflict or war.
96Battle of Bogside
August 12th, 1969. The Apprentice Boys march around the walled city of Derry
97B-Specials
Part-time police in Northern Ireland
98Coffin Ships
The ships that carried Irish people to The US after the potato famine
99Toga
Official dress of a Roman citizen.
100Stola
A long woolen tunic which a girl wore after she married.(roman)
101Flying Shuttle
Invented by John Kay, this sped up the weaving process in 1733.
102Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves, quicker yarn making process.
103John Knox
Brought Presbyterianism to Scotland.
104Mother and Child Scheme
Public health scheme to give free medical aid to children under sixteen and to mothers
105James Watt
Invented the steam engine
10695 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