1916 - Episode 4: 'The North Began'

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

19th Century, 20th Century, International Relations, Politics, Thirty Years' War, Korean War, 18th Century, First World War, Phd, 17th Century, European History, History, War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we examine the development of the British politics with the passing of the Parliament Act in 1911, which effectively neutered the influence of the House of Lords by limiting its veto to only two uses. This meant that Home Rule was suddenly more possible than ever before, but standing in the way of this eventuality were the Unionists, emboldened by Sir Edward Carson and determined to voice their dissaproval in a Solemn League and Covenant, and resist HR by force, if necessary. Thus began the North's militarisation of Irish life before 1914, and thus began the critical step towards imminent civil war... As prominent Irish scholar and nationalist Eoin MacNeill wrote, 'The North Began'.Remember history friends, you can help this podcast and ensure that this is where history thrives! Support us by going to www.patreon.com/WhenDiplomacyFailsFollow me on Twitter @wdfpodcastAnd visit our official website www.wdfpodcast.com Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0	With the return of the Liberal Party to power, in early 1906 in a landslide victory, came the promise of new opportunities for John Redmond and his Irish Parliamentary Party.
0:12.0	Traditionally, it had been the Liberal Party, which had always looked favourably upon the plight of the Home Rule movement, and it had been William Gladstone, liberalism's foremost leader,
0:22.6	that had seemed most sympathetic to the Irish cause.
0:26.4	Though Gladstone had since departed, there was little indication that the game he and Irish
0:31.5	MPs had once played would now depart with him.
0:35.2	The likes of Redmond considered 1906 to be the beginning of a new chance
0:40.0	to implement home rule and finally bring about the devolved government that Ireland had for so long
0:45.5	striven for. In a sense, they were correct, but on the other hand, events within Ireland's
0:51.2	other pillar of Irish nationalism was forging its own plans for the future.
0:56.4	Both pillars of Irish nationalism would play a profound role in Ireland in the years before the First World War,
1:02.5	but Redmond could not know at this stage that it would be the extremist Republican Fenian organisations
1:08.0	like the Irish Republican Brotherhood, which were to have the greatest impact,
1:12.9	despite the relative decline in that group's fortunes in the previous years, not to mention
1:17.7	the comparable support that Rebman's party continued to enjoy. The story of Ireland's transformation
1:24.5	from favouring Home Rule to Home rule no longer being or seeming enough
1:29.5	was a complex one, and we will set in place the foundations of that story in this episode.
1:35.4	We will also seek to tell the story of two Orleans in this episode, as we finally tackle the topic
1:40.8	of the Unionists, as their response to the constitutional realities of 1912
1:45.7	intensifies the entire Irish question, and sets the Irish nation down a more dangerous path
1:52.5	towards conflict and even civil war. In addition, the undercurrent of social disaffection within
1:58.9	Ireland, manifesting itself in the plight of the average
2:01.5	worker and their attempts to unionise and seek better conditions, also deserves coverage.
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