Irish History – Test Questions

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1. Celtic Church + the pope in Rome + the excuse for a Norman invasion in 1171.  Explain.

 

 

2. Who is the 1st person on the most hated list in Irish history and why?

 

 

3. 1691. Penal Laws.  Explain.

 

 

4. Who are the counterparts of Michael Collins + Lloyd George in the 1990s?  Explain!!!

 

 

5. What do you know about St Patrick?

 

 

6. Who formed the Orange Order and why? 

 

 

7. What do you know about the significance and the demands of the Good Friday Agreement?  (When was it signed, by whom, what did it set up, what was its 1921 counterpart?…etc.)

 

 

8. When and why was Ireland partitioned?