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1. Many historians date modern Irish History to what battle in 1690, whose date is still commemorated by Protestants on July 12 every year?
2. What Irish general led a failed rebellion in 1798, 7 years after founding the Society of United Irishmen?
3. What caused the destruction of a large portion of the potato crop in 1845-6?
4. The military rebellion in Ireland was preceded by a cultural one. One of the elements of the cultural independence movement was the founding of a Dublin theatre by (among others) Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats. What was the name of this theatre?
5. On what day of the week did the Easter Rebellion occur?
6. Who served as the leaders of the treaty delegation to the British after the guerilla war which followed the Easter Rising?
7. Which of the following provisions was NOT included in the 1922 treaty with England?
8. Why did the Irish governing party have so little opposition in parliament from 1923-1927?
9. Ireland didn't gain full independence from the United Kingdom until the establishment of an Irish Republic. In what year was the Republic of Ireland, completely outside the British Commonwealth, established?
10. After having gone from 1690 to the present, we'll finish by going back a long ways. Ireland was actually settled since before the time of the Romans. What name did the Romans give to Ireland?
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