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    the country we live in there was one organisation that has kept reappearing in the records. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) from its inception in early twentieth century Ireland to its supposed ending of its campaign on the 2005 was one of the most feared paramilitary organisations known to the world of terrorism. The IRA would gain the contemption and respect of its deadly foe‚ the British Army who respected the fact they were fighting an intelligent terrorist organisation capable of waging

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    org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/reports/america.html Cunliffe‚ B Flynn‚ B. (2009). Soldiers of Folly: The IRA Border Campaign. Athenaeum Press Limited. Grant‚ R. (2001). Conflict in Northern Ireland. London: Hodder Wayland . Hall‚ M. M. (2003). Irish Secrets. London: Irish Academic Press. Karmon‚ E. (2000‚ 11). Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Retrieved 8 10‚ 2012‚ from International Terrorism Strategies: http://212.150.54.123/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=145 Laqueur‚ W Macquarie

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    Irish Declaration of Independence DEBORAH GONZALEZ SERRANO CENTRO ASOCIADO: Gregorio Marañón. Asignatura: Mundos Anglófonos en Perspectiva Histórico Cultural. P E C : Nº1 DATE: 14 de Noviembre 2012 This Document is a Historical Narrative type‚ it was established by the Dáil Éireann (Irish Assembly) the 21 of January of 1919‚ at its first meeting in the Mansion house (the

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    subsequent history. It has been referred to as ’The Irish War for Independence’ and was the pivotal event in ultimately securing independence for the Republic of Ireland. Many historians describe Easter Rising of 1916 as a disaster‚ there are several reasons why the revolution failed such as bad organisation‚ the fact the rising was pre-mature‚ and Irish were outnumbered by the British forces. The Easter Rising began when armed forced of Irish Republican army took over main building in Dublin the post office

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    During the early twentieth century‚ many Irish people wish to fight for Ireland to have independence from British rule and become a Republic. There were many key players in the fight against Britain. Some of these people include: Michael Collins‚ Arthur Griffiths‚ Eamon De Valera and many others. Michael Collins played a large role in the fight against Britain. Although Michael Collins was a freedom fighter‚ so of the methods he used to achieve his goals‚ make him appear as a terrorist. There is

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    Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola)[1]—sometimes called the Bogside Massacre[2]—was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry‚[3] Northern Ireland‚ in which twenty-six unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders were shot by members of the British Army. The incident occurred during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march; the soldiers involved were the First Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (1 Para).[4] Thirteen men‚ seven of whom were teenagers‚ died immediately

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    Notes – Twentieth Century Irish History Governing Ireland 1914-1917 * Ireland ruled directly from London – Irish Politicians sit in the Parliament at Westminster (1800 Act of Union) * Lord Lieutenant – King’s representative in Ireland * Chief Secretary – Parliament’s representative in Ireland * Nationalists & Unionists are the TWO main political groups in the country. Political Groups in Ireland (1914) The Nationalists – About 3 million Irish people – most of them Catholic

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    he’ll do great things for Ireland." His elderly father’s words were to be thought of as a hollow prophecy‚ but there was still much modeling and learning for the young Collins to go through before he would emerge as a central figure in the uprising of Irish independence for the first time in 750 years. Two figures were very influential to Collins growing up was local schoolmaster‚ Denis Lyons‚ and blacksmith‚ James Santry. Both instilled an acute sense of history and nationalism in the bright and lively

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    during the American Revolution. The people of Ireland were oppressed by their conquerors for too long and with no other options available‚ violence was the only answer. In order to fully understand how terrorism and violence became acceptable to the Irish‚ one must look at the history‚ economy‚ and society of Ireland after the English conquest of Ireland. Ireland at its core is a completely different nation than England. The people and their history are completely different. By 450 AD‚ Ireland was almost

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    (Protestants) in Northern Ireland‚ and the Catholics initially took to retaliating with violence for a while. This had already foreshadowed the elevation of contempt that the Catholics would have for the Protestants. In 1969‚ the intervention of the British army in the Civil Rights Movement (organised by the Catholics to protest against unfair treatment peacefully) dramatically induced a new wave of conflicts‚ known as the Troubles. They arrested and damaged innocent Catholics and their houses‚ claiming they

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