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The "Irish Question" is a 19th-century term.
In order that Ireland could defend against French invasion, in about 1800 the Parliament of Ireland and the Parliament of Britain both passed Acts uniting the separate kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain into a single kingdom, the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland".
This mean that taxes raised in Britain could be spent in Ireland ... previously, the parliament in London had objected to the king spending in his role of King of Ireland taxes received in his role of King of Great Britain.This also meant that from then on the Irish had to pay to taxes to Britain.
The union of Ireland and Great Britain was not a happy affair; There was teo sides in the argument the nationalists(Irish people who believed that Ireland iwas a diffrent entity to Britain so therefore should be free from Britain and rule the country themselves)and Unionist(Irish usually protestants who were desendents of British who had been "planted" in Ireland previously by the British government, they beleived Ireland should remain united with Britain for financial and political reasons) these diffrences in opinion led to violence. Hence "the Irish Question".
And so, in the later part of the 19th century, the government attempted to dissove the union. Two attempts were made, but both were defeated as a result of opposition from the Unionists in Ireland and the Conservative party in Britain.
Eventually, the UK changed its constitution, to prevent the House of Lords from vetoing legislation passed by the elected representatives. (See "Parliament Act"). And in 1914, a Home Rule Bill was passed.
Unfortunately, the Great War intervened, and delayed implementation of Home Rule. This led to happy events in Ireland, which eventually resulted in Ireland becoming a separate kingdom again - the Irish Free State - with the same king as the UK. Ireland then fought a civil war, with republicans disputing the legitimate authority of the elected representatives in Dublin. The war concluded with the defeat of the republicans; but then the counties of Northern Ireland chose to be excluded from the Irish Free State.
The King of the Irish Free State was not supportive of Irish independence.
With a lot more work the Irish politicians finally got Ireland to become a Republic in 1948.
Tim
The latest addition to the article, re 2017, correctly contradicts the old framing of the phrase as passé, and the Disraeli quote seems to disprove the article's current 'PC' gloss on the matter to the effect that the 'ruling class' used the term in a 'patronising' fashion. Phrases like 'Irish Question' and 'Jewish Question' are not intrinsically patronising, but rather reflect the fact that these were (and arguably Remain) pressing issues of the day, and the educated and those working to timetables absolutely need(ed) a way to refer to/table the matter. As for the current Wikipedian norm of decapitalising the second element, this arguably adds insult to injury, trivialising both major Questions.-- 94.119.64.7 ( talk) 11:45, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
I don't have a copy to hand, so I can't post this, but surely the article should mention the famous line in the satire " 1066 And All That", written in the 1930s, that Mr Gladstone spent the latter part of his career trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question, but just as he was getting warm the Irish secretly changed the question. (It refers to his devoting his time to religious and land reform, only for Home Rule to take over the agenda in the 1880s.) Paulturtle ( talk) 04:54, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move this page. Primefac ( talk) 17:09, 3 October 2020 (UTC) Primefac ( talk) 17:09, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Irish question → Irish Question – Most results seem to have a capital "Q". [1] Unreal7 ( talk) 22:07, 10 September 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. -- Calidum 15:42, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
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The "Irish Question" is a 19th-century term.
In order that Ireland could defend against French invasion, in about 1800 the Parliament of Ireland and the Parliament of Britain both passed Acts uniting the separate kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain into a single kingdom, the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland".
This mean that taxes raised in Britain could be spent in Ireland ... previously, the parliament in London had objected to the king spending in his role of King of Ireland taxes received in his role of King of Great Britain.This also meant that from then on the Irish had to pay to taxes to Britain.
The union of Ireland and Great Britain was not a happy affair; There was teo sides in the argument the nationalists(Irish people who believed that Ireland iwas a diffrent entity to Britain so therefore should be free from Britain and rule the country themselves)and Unionist(Irish usually protestants who were desendents of British who had been "planted" in Ireland previously by the British government, they beleived Ireland should remain united with Britain for financial and political reasons) these diffrences in opinion led to violence. Hence "the Irish Question".
And so, in the later part of the 19th century, the government attempted to dissove the union. Two attempts were made, but both were defeated as a result of opposition from the Unionists in Ireland and the Conservative party in Britain.
Eventually, the UK changed its constitution, to prevent the House of Lords from vetoing legislation passed by the elected representatives. (See "Parliament Act"). And in 1914, a Home Rule Bill was passed.
Unfortunately, the Great War intervened, and delayed implementation of Home Rule. This led to happy events in Ireland, which eventually resulted in Ireland becoming a separate kingdom again - the Irish Free State - with the same king as the UK. Ireland then fought a civil war, with republicans disputing the legitimate authority of the elected representatives in Dublin. The war concluded with the defeat of the republicans; but then the counties of Northern Ireland chose to be excluded from the Irish Free State.
The King of the Irish Free State was not supportive of Irish independence.
With a lot more work the Irish politicians finally got Ireland to become a Republic in 1948.
Tim
The latest addition to the article, re 2017, correctly contradicts the old framing of the phrase as passé, and the Disraeli quote seems to disprove the article's current 'PC' gloss on the matter to the effect that the 'ruling class' used the term in a 'patronising' fashion. Phrases like 'Irish Question' and 'Jewish Question' are not intrinsically patronising, but rather reflect the fact that these were (and arguably Remain) pressing issues of the day, and the educated and those working to timetables absolutely need(ed) a way to refer to/table the matter. As for the current Wikipedian norm of decapitalising the second element, this arguably adds insult to injury, trivialising both major Questions.-- 94.119.64.7 ( talk) 11:45, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
I don't have a copy to hand, so I can't post this, but surely the article should mention the famous line in the satire " 1066 And All That", written in the 1930s, that Mr Gladstone spent the latter part of his career trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question, but just as he was getting warm the Irish secretly changed the question. (It refers to his devoting his time to religious and land reform, only for Home Rule to take over the agenda in the 1880s.) Paulturtle ( talk) 04:54, 20 March 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move this page. Primefac ( talk) 17:09, 3 October 2020 (UTC) Primefac ( talk) 17:09, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Irish question → Irish Question – Most results seem to have a capital "Q". [1] Unreal7 ( talk) 22:07, 10 September 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. -- Calidum 15:42, 26 September 2020 (UTC)