opinion in Ireland had spike to an all-time high. This was also polarised by the Ulster nationalist who believed that all the nationalists were “Traitors and deserved to be shot.” This then escalated and led to an all-out civil war in Ireland between the Ulster Nationalists/British and the IRA. LG decided to form the Black and Tans a counter terrorist movement to try and stop the IRA‚ however most of them were Ulster nationalists and ruthless towards the southerners even those who were innocent. This
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Information Summary in Script Format for Presentation History Question #1- Driver –It is important to remember that social identities and personal identities are shaped by the history of a culture. According to Ireland-Now.com (Ireland-Now.com) an online travel guide‚ the earliest settlers came to Ireland at about 6500 B.C. They were hunter-gatherers that constructed settlements along river valleys in the northern part of the country. By 3500 B.C. the Irish culture had begun to take shape into a
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King Henry VIII‚ Queen Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell gradually conquered the whole of Ireland. Ireland became a British colony in 1607. The last area to resis the English was the north of Ireland‚ Ulster‚ but in the end the Irish were defeated. The English punished the Catholic people of Ulster for their resistance by giving their lands to Protestants from Scotland and England. In 1921‚ an independent Irish state was set up‚ now the Republic of Ireland. Six counties in the north of Ireland
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Single Transferable Vote (STV) is used to elect MLAs. The d’Hondt mechanism is used to allocate positions of power: ministers/chairs and deputy chairs of committees. -cultural equality for the two main traditions (for example for Irish language and Ulster Scots). -special voting arrangements that give veto rights to the minority. Certain Assembly decisions require cross-community support‚ not just majority support but the support of a certain percentage of nationalists and unionists. These decisions
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1. In studying comparative politics‚ we must discuss the important distinction between a nation and a state. (a) Define the concept of a state. (b) Explain how a nation is different from a state. (c) Describe one challenge governments face in securing stability in multination states. (d) Discuss at least one policy that governments have taken to address the challenge you described in part (c). A state is an ongoing administrative apparatus that controls the territory. An organization that
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Seamus Heaney’s North is a collection of poems which examine the poet’s native Ulster from both a historical and contemporary viewpoint. The book is divided into two sections. Part one examines Ulster in terms of historical and geographical connections to the Viking and those individuals sacrificially buried in Danish Bogs. Part two an eloquent series of personal poems which yield the poets more direct reactions to the violence and helplessness which have engulfed his land. Heaney can be seen to
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ENGL 378H/ IS 305H and ENGL 378/ IS 305 The Celts: Leprechauns‚ Braveheart‚ and Harry Potter Professor: Janet Morgan Haavisto‚ Ph.D. Course Description: This course is designed to encourage a clearer understanding of the influence the Celts (particularly the Irish and Scots) have exerted on the world and on themselves through their attempts to define their culture. We will examine the characteristics that the Celts have traditionally prized and validated. These characteristics have led the Irish
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This summer I participated in the Ulster Project of Greater Hutchinson. I had the opportunity‚ along with fourteen other teenagers in Hutchinson‚ of hosting a teen from Northern Ireland. The idea behind The Ulster Project is to form young Christian leaders as well as peacemakers here‚ in America‚ and in Northern Ireland. During the month of July we had many different chances to help in our community. Once July was over and I looked back on the month I realized how much Hutchinson has going on. There
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“Was violence the main reason for Irish independence 1801-1922?” Violence has always been a part of Ireland‚ fuelled by religion‚ politics and nationalism. While it did play a significant role in Ireland being granted independence at the end of 1922‚ it was the motives behind the violence that arguably had more of an impact. Ireland entered the century with violence in the county of Wicklow‚ with prisoners still being shipped to Austrailia. Due to the violence the Irish Parlement and the British
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Social movements‚ whether local or international‚ over small issues or policies affecting millions of people across several countries or continents always stem from continuing and pervasive social forces that create tensions and stresses which push individuals and organizations into mobilization and action supportive of change‚ thus creating the social movement. Both the Irish hunger strikes and protests over sovereignty for Quebec were directed and catalyzed by such social forces. The hunger strikes
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