Ian Paisley and his Opposition (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards

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Ian Paisley: birth year and county

1926 in County Armagh

Church Paisley founded in 1951

Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster

Party Paisley founded in 1971

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

Paisley's role 2007-2008

First Minister of Northern Ireland

Year O'Neill became PM of Northern Ireland

1963

Who O'Neill met in 1965

Seán Lemass, Taoiseach of Ireland

When Divis Street Riots occurred

October 1964

What sparked Divis Street Riots

Display of Irish tricolour flag

Where tricolour displayed in 1964

Republican Labour Party offices, Divis Street

Who demanded removal of tricolour flag

Ian Paisley

Paisley's campaign against O'Neill

O'Neill Must Go campaign

When O'Neill resigned as PM

April 1969

Methods in O'Neill Must Go campaign

Mass rallies, petitions, and propaganda

How Paisley viewed O'Neill's policies

Dangerous compromises

How Paisley saw himself

Defender of traditional Protestant values

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