Crossword Puzzle: Ireland’s History 1700-1862
by Linda Fulton Burke
ACROSS
2 Jeremiah O’Donovan (later O’Donovan Rossa)
founded the Phoenix _______. 1856
9 The Poor Relief Act extended the English poor
law system to Ireland. This would allow for
___________ to be set up. 1838
10 The Rotunda ________ opened in Dublin. 1757
11 Intermarriage between Catholics and Protestants
became _____. 1792
12 Catholics would be allowed to swear loyalty to
the king without renouncing their _____. 1774
15 An American privateer, John ____ Jones, raided
Belfast Lough twice. 1778
17 A Parliamentary ______ Act increased the
electorate to 1.2% of the population. 1832
21 American statesman Benjamin ________ visited
Ireland. 1771
22 Victoria and _______ visited Dublin. 1853
24 The Irish ______ was inaugurated. 1859
28 The potato crop failed, causing famine, which
was made worse by an outbreak of _______.
1816
29 Ireland’s first _______ opened between Dublin
and Kingstown. 1834
30 The first ______ of the Nation paper was
published by the Young Ireland group. 1842
32 The second Catholic Relief act allowed Catholics
to buy ____ in most places. 1782
36 Acts were passed authorizing public works and
repealing the ____ Laws. The potato crop was
completely destroyed. 1846
37 Michael Dwyer, who had been in revolt in
_______ since 1798, finally surrendered. 1803
39 O’Connell held ‘_______ meetings’ in favor of
repeal. 1843
40 Henry Grattan introduced a Catholic ______ Bill
to the UK House of Commons. It was defeated.
1813
43 Henry Grattan campaigned for Irish __________
from the British parliament, and the 1720 act was
rolled back. 1782
46 Theobald _____ ____was captured. He was
convicted of high treason and sentenced to
death, but committed suicide by cutting his throat.
1798
49 Presbyterian ministers were permitted to carry
out ________ ceremonies. 1782
50 ______ Emmet’s rising took place in Dublin. He
was convicted of high treason and executed.
1803
51 Jonathan Swift became ____ of St. Patrick’s
cathedral, Dublin. 1713
54 The Irish _______ League was formed. 1850
56 James Stephens founded what would become
the Irish Republican ___________ . 1858
58 ______ Victoria and Prince Albert visited Ireland.
1849
61 The ________ Association was founded in
Dublin on May 12th. 1823
63 The ______ Ireland rising took place in Munster,
led by William Smith O’Brien. 1848
64 The ________ movement began in Munster.
1761
65 beginning of a series of cold and wet seasons
heralded a severe agricultural depression. 1860
66 The Union of Great Britain and _______ came
into law on the 1st of January. 1801
67 ________ disturbances took place in Ulster.
1769
68 The Whiteboys, now known as _________,
caused trouble in Munster. 1785
DOWN
1 On the 14th of October, the Society of ______
Irishmen was founded. 1791
3 The ______ disturbances began in Ulster. 1763
4 A Catholic Relief Act came out allowing Catholics
to take leases for 999 years and _______ like
Protestants. 1778
5 A Catholic Relief Act was passed allowing
Catholics to become __________ and barristers.
1792
6 The potato ____ failed again. 1848
7 The _________ Brothers were founded at
Waterford. 1808
8 The Catholic ________ League of Great Britain
and Ireland was formed . It was also known as
the ‘Irish Brigade’. 1851
13 A ____ Relief Act extended outdoor relief. 1862
14 The Young Ireland leaders were sentenced to
transportation for ____. 1848
16 Father Theobald Mathew founded the total
__________ movement in Cork. 1838
18 The ______Irish rising took place in May and
June. 1798
19 The George I Act declared the right of the
_______ parliament to legislate for Ireland. 1720
20 kitchens were established and outdoor relief
authorized, but only for those who held a quarter
acre of land or less. 1847
23 O’Connell became ____ mayor of Dublin. 1841
25 There was rioting in ______ after rumours
spread that Britain and Ireland could be united.
1757- 1759
26 Police seized ______ in County Kilkenny by way
of payment for the tithe; violence broke out in
June and December. 1831
27 Ireland could now _____ with British colonies the
same as Britain itself. 1780
31 Some ____ against Catholic clergy and worship
were lifted. 1782
33 Daniel O’Connell formed the
________Association, aimed at repeal of the
Union. 1840
34 The _______ blight was first reported in Ireland
on the 9th of September. Robert Peel ordered
£100,000 of Indian corn from the USA. 1845
35 George IV visited Ireland and Dún Laoire
Harbour was renamed ________
1821Kingstown. 1821
36 O’Connell was found guilty of ‘__________’ but
saved from a full year’s imprisonment by the
House of Lords. 1844
38 The Grand ______ Lodge of Ireland decided to
dissolve itself. 1836
41 A ______ Act allowed Catholics to enter
parliament and hold higher offices of state. This
was known as ‘Catholic emancipation’. 1829
42 A Catholic ________ at Maynooth was approved
by Act of Parliament. 1795
44 After a fight at Markethill, the Protestant Peep
o’Day Boys and the Catholic _________ were
formed. 1784
45 Supporters of Catholic ____________ defeated
sitting MPs in counties 1826Westmeath, Louth
and Monaghan. 1826
46 The ______ year of the famine. 1847
47 A ______ , Nicholas Sheehy, was accused of
inciting the Whiteboys and was executed. 1796
48 Parliament met for the first time at College
_____. 1731
52 Extreme _______ brought on a bad harvest,
famine and sickness. 1939 – 1741
53 The export of Irish _____ to American colonies
was permitted. 1705
55 The Battle of the _______ between the Peep o’
Day Boys and the Defenders led to the
foundation of the Orange Society. 1795
57 The ‘Tumultuous _______ Act’ was published.
1766
59 ______ O’Connell became MP for County Clare.
1840
60 ______ Scots began to emigrate to America.
1718
62 Hobart’s Catholic Relief Act was passed.
Catholics could ____ but not sit in parliament or
become judges. 1793
