Research Question: With the upcoming Scottish Referendum‚ how have two Northern Irish newspapers‚ The Irish News and The Belfast Telegraph‚ reported on the issue? Can this portrayal be linked to contemporary unionist and nationalist identity in Northern Ireland? In Autumn 2014 the Scottish people will go to the polls to decide on Scotland’s future independence from Britain. This topic is one which may have direct repercussions on the mind-set and identity of those in Northern Ireland‚ and therefore
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Title: Discuss Patrick Pearse’s approach to the struggle for Irish independence Throughout Pearse’s life he made many attempts to promote Irish Nationalism. The aim of this assignment is to look at this along with his role in the Gaelic League‚ education‚ Irish volunteers and the Rising while also discussing his oration at the graveside of O ‘Donovan Rossa. Pearse born in 1879 was a central figure in Irish History. During his childhood he accepted Ireland as part of Britain but at the same
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The Irish Republican Army or IRA is Northern Ireland’s most notorious terrorist organization. Like many other groups‚ the IRA is a militant nationalist group with Marxist tendencies. They use violent attacks such as bombings‚ assassinations‚ kidnappings‚ extortion‚ and robberies that they used .to send their message. The ultimate goal of the IRA is to use militant behavior to make British rule in Northern Ireland obsolete‚ thus letting Northern Ireland become an independent republic‚ instead of two
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My Global Evolution: The Irish Experience Background I am a recent graduate with 151 credits‚ born in the US. I have had the opportunity of travelling to the UK‚ Ireland‚ Spain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Greece‚ Netherlands and some African countries including Nigeria‚ Morocco‚ Ghana‚ etc. I completed my high school education in Nigeria‚ which uses similar applications like the British system. High school in Nigeria exposed me to a lot of different cultures and societal issues socially‚ economically and environmentally
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Another significant leader in the advancement for Catholics’ Rights was Parnell‚ and his cause was that of Home Rule. Robert Kee writes of how Parnell “brought Irish nationalism to the very forefront of British politics”. This is proven by the fact that in 1882‚ Parnell established the National League in 1882; leading to over 1000 branches all over Ireland by 1885. In that same year‚ Parnell was able to generate a landslide win for the IPP in the general election‚ winning 85/ 105 in Ireland‚ plus
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Irish Immigration to America Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s the amount of Irish people immigrating to America increased greatly. The peak of the immigration occurred between 1845 and 1855 due to the spread of famine in Ireland which took the life of near a million people. The Famine was caused from a virus that infected the potato crops causing them to rot and decay. The disease was also known as the “Potato blight.” Because of the great famine a vast amount of the Irish people were forced
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Although there are parallels between Irish and Welsh sagas of elopement‚ the powerful self confident women depicted in these narratives do not represent the real women of Medieval Ireland and Wales. Proinsias Mac Cana has suggested that the dominant roles of Deirdre and Gráinne in their respective tales (Longes mac nUislenn and Toruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne) are ‘literary variations on the exemplar of the sovereignty goddess’ (Doan‚ 1985: 90). Bitel (1996: 2) asserts that Celticists have been
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What was the impact of Catholic emancipation on Anglo-Irish relations? The Roman Catholic Relief Act‚ passed by Parliament in 1829‚ was the culmination of the process of Catholic Emancipation throughout Britain. In Ireland it repealed the Test Act and the remaining Penal Laws which had been in force since the passing of the Disenfranchising Act of the Irish Parliament of 1728. During the campaign for Catholic emancipation in Ireland‚ Daniel O’Connell‚ organizer of the Catholic Association‚ was the
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Discrimination and Prejudice Endured by Early Irish Immigrants Candance Miles 9034484288 ETH/125 10-30-2011 Malcolm Shannon Irish immigration to the United States was prominent after 1845-1848 due to a famine in Ireland. The Irish were seeking survival but endured many hardships because of prejudices against the Catholic religion. The Irish were also subject to face segregation and racism. Their daily lives were affected by redlining‚ double jeopardy‚ dual labor markets‚
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Seamus Heaney:The Mind of a Brilliant Irish Poet “Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed‚ hope has to be maintained.” This quote was once said by famous Northern Irish poet Seamus Heaney at a book signing‚ it is also what has motivated many young poets today to continue writing even when there is “no hope”. Heaney is not only a poet but a playwright‚ translator‚ lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is most famous for his work translating the epic Anglo-Saxon
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