Introduction The Irish Troubles are very important in the Irish history. It started at the end of the 1960's, when the British Army was fist sent to Northern Ireland. It started as a mission to gain more rights for the Catholic population. Later this turned into a battle about the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. Since 1922 Northern Ireland had belonged to the United Kingdom, but now the Catholic minority wanted it to become a part of the Republic of Ireland. Even though it was the Catholics
What determines our identity? I’m a daughter as well as a friend, student, badminton player, Catholic, and Danish citizen. However the real question to identify me is why? Why do I go to boarding school, why do I bother to be a friend, why do I play badminton? At the end of the day it doesn’t matter what you do, it’s why you do it that defines you. A great example of people’s cultures is the matter of their religious believes. I’m a Catholic. However I’m only a Catholic because of my family. My mom
Bloody Sunday victims were declared innocent and the British government has to apologise 38 years after atrocity. This is the sad conclusion made on June 10th, 2010 when the Bloody Sunday report was published by the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Three kinds of documents have been chosen for the presentation: a front page of a newspaper, a picture and a video. The first document is the front page of the newspaper The Daily Mirror published on January 31st 1972, the day after the tragic
Part 1 The Basque Separatist Conflict is fought between Spain’s and France’s governments and the Basque National Liberation Movement, including the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (“Basque Homeland and Freedom”) (ETA), which seeks to gain independence from Spain and France. The Basque people live in a region that lies in both Spain and France. The conflict began during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) when General Francisco Franco overthrew the Spanish Republic and instilled himself as the dictator of Spain
In the review of both the French and Northern Ireland revolutions, many similarities and differences appear. In this paper, the similarities were identical or very close to each other. Such similarities included, very poor economic standing, very weak voices in government, rigid social structure, peasant uprisings, and religion played a part in both. Differences that were notable but fewer were, the internal conflicts were different and their radical parties. When examining the similarities of
of a five-year protest that took place during the troubles in Northern Ireland. The decision taken by the British government to withdraw Special Category Status for paramilitary prisoners was the spark that ignited the protests from the prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as a blanket protest but escalated into becoming a dirty protest, followed by the 1980 and 1981 hunger strikes. These hunger strikes quickly became a public conflict between the leading members of the IRA and the British
Even though the setting of this story is in a time called “the troubles” where British soldiers invaded Northern Ireland, the viewer can see from the beginning that the soldiers are not trying to intentionally hurt anyone. They are just driving around doing their job. They are joking around, trying to make the job a little more fun, listening
Good day. My name is Thomas D’Arcy McGee, born in Carlingford IrIreland. I am for Confederation being born. I am now a member of the liberal-conservative political party after being a wanted man at the age of 20. The next year I was elected official and am now part of Macdonald and Cartier’s Great Coalition. Confederation is an awe-inspiring event that will be ours. Today I am here to tell you all how this event will affect many lives over this land and why it should be developed. Our main goal