Social policy Essay 2000 words The single most important event in the shaping of social policy in the 19th century was the great famine of 1845-1849 (Burke 1987). Discuss the impact of the famine on the Irish Poor Law and on the development of Irish social policy and after the famine. Before the Great Famine hit‚ Ireland was already one the poorest countries in Europe. Income per capita in Britain was over double what it was in Ireland (Ó Gráda‚ 1993). Despite the existence of poor laws in
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Irish immigrants were a really really big part of the culture change. The largest wave of immigrants came from Ireland because of the famine in their land. Everyone ate potatoes over there‚ so when the crop got a fungus and they died‚ it was a huge problem for the Irish. A whole lot of people ended up dying from the lack of food. A lot of the Irish that came to America couldn’t do anything. They weren’t talented and they had no skills and no money. Mostly they lived up north in cities. They faced
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Appreciate Irish Heritage The Irish culture is rich in customs‚ beliefs‚ and practices with substantial significance in the current times. It also constitutes traditions‚ literature‚ music‚ art‚ language‚ legends‚ sport and cuisine associated with Irish people living in the United States. These aspects of the Irish heritage are not homogeneous among natives of Ireland because of cultural divides that exist between rural Irish and urban Irish‚ Protestants and Catholics‚ settled population and
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RAÚL MUÑOZ RODRÍGUEZ CORREO - E: irokuoiraul@yahoo.es rmunoz62@alumno.uned.es COMMENTARY TEXT Proclamation of the Irish Republic‚ 24 April 1916 “Proclamation of the Irish Republic” was one of the more important aspects in the Easter Rising. It´s a historic – circumstantial text. In order to maintain secrecy the Proclamation of the Irish Republic was printed out on a hand press a few hours before the Rising. It was produced in two sections and due to the shortage of lettering‚ the
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.2. The Revival of the Irish Language The Gaelic League was founded in the year 1893‚ a cultural movement whose aim was to promote and maintain the Irish language. By that time‚ Irish had become a minority language‚ spoken by no more than 15.2 per cent of the population of the whole of Ireland‚ or 19.2 per cent of the population of the area which was later to secede from the United Kingdom to become the Irish Free State. In 1911‚ those figures had declined to 13.3 per cent and 17.6 per cent respectively
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Running head: IRISH IMMIGRATION IN 1850’S 1 Irish Immigration in 1850’s Dorothy Mathews Eth/125 March 7‚ 2010
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. Potato crops were the best option for Irish people because potatoes provide lots of nutrients and the crops were easy to grow in Irish lands due to their adaptability in almost any surface. However‚ the dependency on potatoes started to be dangerous when a new potato disease commonly known as potato blight affected the crops year after year in the 1840’s. This disease caused the loss of great part of the crops until the end of the decade‚ but especially in the year 1847‚ called the black forty-seven
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The Irish Political Party System Introduction One major reason why the Irish political party system has been very stable for the past 77 years is because it has effectively served the needs of the country. For the purpose of this paper the term effective will mean that the parties in combination have been able to meet the demands of the people and provide for a stable and democratic political system. The Irish party system and the major parties are very difficult to classify. The Irish party
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Childhood Studies & Practice The Child and Family in Irish Law The Child and Family in Irish Law Assignment 31st January 2012 Discuss some of the key provisions and principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child. Include an example of Irish law or police that complies /does not comply with the States obligations under the convention. Introduction This essay will look at some of the key provisions
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At the time the concept of pregnancy discrimination being introduced as sex discrimination it was however generally viewed as a welcome alternative to the inadequate approach taken by the courts previous to this. I shall initially discuss the state of protection (or indeed the lack thereof as the case was) in Ireland and the UK before the enactment of the EC Directive which enabled a course of action to be taken on grounds of discrimination against pregnant workers. It is clear from the case
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