THE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN IRELAND Divided loyalties was once cause of conflict in Northern Ireland. Most Catholics in Northern Ireland see themselves as Irish and would like their country to be reunited with Ireland. They resented the past history of English conquest where Catholics were either treated harshly or massacred. However‚ most Protestants are loyal to Britain and want to continue to be part of the United Kingdom. Many of them do not want a union with the Republic of Ireland‚ a Catholic country
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Q. Racism in Ireland and Northern Ireland is on the rise. Critically assess the explanations for this rise in either Ireland or Northern Ireland. (Word Count 2265) This working paper attempts to gain a better understanding of the causes of racism within Northern Ireland. In order to do this effectively‚ it is first necessary to look at the diverse meaning of racism as well as providing statistics to show that racism is a continuing problem within contemporary
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The Troubles in Northern Ireland: Why Did it All Happen? The Troubles refer to the thirty-year time span between the civil rights march in Londonderry on the 5th of October 1968 and the Good Friday Agreement of the 10th of April 1998. These thirty years were the most violent in the history of Ireland causing over 3‚700 dead and many more injured. One even described the period as‚ “…the transition‚ chaotic and rapid‚ from a civil rights movement (1966-68) to a bloody inter-communal strife (1969)
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the eighteenth century the Irish were restricted in selling woollen goods abroad. The British economic system was transitioning into an ultimately mercantilist system issuing acts that subsequently restricted trade from Ireland exclusively to England. Further acts issued upon Ireland continually forbade Catholics to buy land or lease it for more than 31 years. By 1778‚ hardly 5% of Irish land would be owned by Catholics. Extreme conditions from 1740-1741 brought on a bad harvest‚ famine and illness
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In Northern Ireland‚ there was divided loyalties and both the Catholics and the Protestants desired different things and had different religious beliefs. Both the Catholics and Protestants gave allegiance to different countries and had different point of views. The Protestants and the catholics were intolerant of one another. The Protestants who saw themselves as British‚ wanted to continue to be part of United Kingdom‚ and did not want a union with Republic of Ireland as they fear that the Catholic
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The aim of this essay is to present a sociological interpretation on the background to the Northern Ireland as not simply a religious war by looking Catholic discrimination in detail and also help develop a better understanding of how the discrimination has been reversed in recent years. Firstly‚ two key theorists Hewitt and O’Hearn will be discussed in relation to the conflict and the discrimination of Catholics in voting‚ housing and employment. Their views will then be expanded in relation to
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Ireland is a republic and like all republics they rely on a system of government that contains both elected and appointed officials in the hopes that the will of the people will be represented. It is after all a representative democracy. While Ireland has a president and a prime minister and is now an independent state‚ that was not always the case. Ireland once belonged to Britain and had little say in how they were governed. However‚ in addition to the problems inherent in colonial rule‚ there
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“Britain was wrong to send its army to Northern Ireland” How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. The British army was sent to Northern Ireland to restore peace in August 1969 when serious rioting broke out. Britain was not wrong to send its army to Northern Ireland because the intention was right. Britain decided to send its army to Northern Ireland to help control the riots to maintain peace and order. British army was also welcomed by the Irish Catholics as their defenders
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official residence of the lord Mayor) in Dublin‚ its main objective was to declare the condition of complete freedom for the Irish People‚ to repudiate the military occupation of English troops and also to state the independence of the Republic of Ireland. It was written both in English and in Irish Gaelic‚ it was also adopted in French. This document can be considered as the achievement of the hard struggle carried out by the Irish people while trying to obtain the complete independence from Britain
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this massive disparity in Irish and English power stemmed from a troubling set of circumstances. This dualistic era was predated by social havoc‚ excessive penal oppression‚ and military suppression of the Irish. Thus‚ the English who resided in Ireland were allocated esteemed positions in society‚ at the expense of the Irish population. While they constituted the bulk of Ireland’s Population‚ the Irish possessed less than 30% ownership of the land‚ granting English a distinct‚ social advantage.
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