Liam O’Flathery The Sniper is a short story written by Liam O’Flathery‚ an Irish author‚ who fought for the independence of Ireland. The short story was printed January 12‚ 1923 as O’Flathery first published work. The story takes place in Ireland’s capital city‚ Dublin. The year is probably around 1922‚ where the Irish Free State has just been established. The Anglo-Irish Treaty was agreed by London and it created an Irish Free State‚ but it was under the dominion of the British Commonwealth‚ which
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met for the first time two Irish volunteers in Soloheadbeg‚ Co. Tipperary ambushed and murdered two Royal Irish Constabulary men (RIC). This sparked the Irish War of Independence. Throughout the next twelve months both the British and the Irish government battled for control of Ireland. This year we also got to see a slow rise in violence being used witch continued through the early months of 1920. The volunteers decide to change their name to the Irish Republican Army (IRB). They continued to look
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themselves as British and want Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK. They are afraid that a union with the Republic of Ireland would mean that the Catholic government would be intolerant of their Protestant beliefs. • The Catholics see themselves as Irish and want a union with the Republic of Ireland. The Catholics also resent the history of English conquest where they were killed and treated badly by the Protestants. • Loyalty to different countries makes the Protestants and the Catholics intolerant
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A STAR CALLED HENRY – roddy Doyle SUMMARY PART 1 Chapter 1: Henry Smart Jr. (H.S.Jr) Mother (Melody Nash) shows H.S.jr the stars‚ a.k.a his dead Brother and sisters the most important being the first Henry Smart. Thus A STAR CALLED HENRY Story of H.S.jr’s parents meeting‚ Melody Nash and Henry Smart. H.S drunk collides into Melody. H.S prosthetic leg. M.N instantly falls in love with his ruined but strong look‚ he too falls in love with her. Marriage‚ horrible stories about giving birth‚ babies
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protest song released in September 1994 by Irish rock band‚ The Cranberries. The song itself was written by the lead singer‚ Dolores O’Riordan and became a worldwide success. Originally seen as a catchy and popular song‚ listeners came to realise the much darker meaning behind the song after the release of the controversial videoclip. Zombie was initially written in memory of two children killed as a result of a bombing conducted by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Cheshire. Through the use of repetition
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Georgiana’s life… and the last.” Georgiana Daisy Summerlin was born in London‚ England in 1900 to Oliver and Ava Summerlin. She was beautiful‚ with eyes as blue as the Caribbean Sea and golden hair. Her father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army during the Great War. Lieutenant Colonel Summerlin led his infantry battalion valiantly. After the war‚ he retired to spend time with his wife and three children. Georgiana’s father never brought the war into his personal life. He was a good husband
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"If I wish to know what the Irish want‚ I look into my own heart." De Valera loved Ireland and its people with a deep and lasting passion. It was he‚ probably more than any other person in their history‚ who helped that country win freedom from British rule and then shaped its history well into the twentieth century. De Valera ’s mother‚ Catherine Coll‚ usually known as Kate‚ came to the states in 1879‚ at the young age of twenty-three. Like so many other Irish immigrants of that time‚ she
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time. Although‚ even after he couldn’t afford it any longer‚ he continued to further his education by reading widely and often (Contemporary). Under the guidance and instruction of Daniel Corkey‚ O’Connor’s biggest influence‚ he joined the Irish Republican Army. He fought against the British even after a treaty was signed ending the war in 1921 (Gale). O’Connor was then arrested and imprisoned for his involvement in abiding the fight (Gale). During his time in prison‚ O’Connor continued to
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Ken Loach‚ the film are made in 2006 Setting: “The wind that shakes the barley” takes place in Ireland‚ during the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) and the Irish Civil War (1922-1923) and it is a real story. After World war 1. Put a stopper for the home rule bill in Ireland there came English soldiers into Ireland and treated the Irish people really bad. Then some of the Irish people got upset and began to fight back. Resume: The film takes place in the Northern Ireland in the twenties
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influenced by his friends and surroundings. These events allow Cal to be easily pressured and be part of the flock. Cal’s good friend Crilly has a lot of control of Cal’s life and makes decisions for him. Crilly influences Cal to participate in the Irish Republican Army and commit heinous crimes he really does not want to do. Cal is unable to stand up to Crilly and easily succumbs to his radical
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