explanations offer new insight and answers to puzzles that could not be previously be explained. It will then explore several of the possible solutions used to end incidents of ethnic violence. Finally‚ it will focus on the debate surrounding partition as a possible solution to ethnic conflict‚ concluding that it is in fact a viable option for peace when implemented judiciously. According to realist explanations‚ ethnic conflicts are deeply rooted in cognitive and situational needs. In his
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The Irish Troubles: A Quest For Peace The Irish Troubles is the name given to the political‚ cultural‚ and civil conflict that enveloped the island of Ireland for decades. The conflict is deeply embedded in the history of Ireland and the cultural difference between the native Irish and the British. As Ireland fell under the rule of England‚ cultural clashes resulted in two completely different societies living amongst one another. The Protestant British and the Catholic Irish make up the clashing
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conflict in Ireland‚ it is important to bear in mind that it is not only political‚ but also religious. The suppression of Catholics in the country can be dated all the way back to the Reformation in 1517‚ and the struggle between the two religious groups lasted up until the uprising in Ireland in the beginning of the twentieth century. When Ireland was liberated in the beginning in 1921 (Republic or Ireland‚ Wikipedia)‚ the country was separated so that Ulster – a province in Northern Ireland – did not
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of Connolly‚ who was shot in a chair because he was so badly injured and Plunkett‚ who married his childhood sweetheart prior to his execution‚ inspired sympathy especially.) = 8 (In 1918‚ Lloyd George attempted to introduce conscription in Ireland. This was heavily opposed by all parties and the Church. Eamonn de Valera‚ now Sinn Fein leader‚ signed and started a petition against conscription which was signed by two million people. In this way‚ Sinn Fein gained the credit when the government
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Civil War was a natural ’ conclusion to the previous years. The War of Independence (WOI) was fought between the years 1918 and 1921 and was mainly limited to Dublin and the province of Munster‚ and the IRA victories were few and far between ’ . Ireland had forgotten about its aspirations for Home Rule and was now looking for a more drastic form of Independence. The war had its origins in the formation of unilaterally created independent Irish parliament‚ called Dáil Éireann‚ formed by the majority
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Governing Ireland 1914-1917 * Ireland ruled directly from London – Irish Politicians sit in the Parliament at Westminster (1800 Act of Union) * Lord Lieutenant – King’s representative in Ireland * Chief Secretary – Parliament’s representative in Ireland * Nationalists & Unionists are the TWO main political groups in the country. Political Groups in Ireland (1914) The Nationalists – About 3 million Irish people – most of them Catholic – believed that Ireland should be
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This split resulted in one faction accepting the new Good Friday Agreement and cease-fire and the New or Real IRA continuing armed resistance to British partition. It has been assumed that the IRA acts as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein‚ a legal political movement dedicated to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland but a direct terrorist or financial connection between the two groups has yet to be publicly established. The Provisional IRA accepted the cease-fire and
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resulted in an immediate Civil War between Irish pro-Treaty and anti-Treaty forces‚ which lasted for one violent and bloody year post independence. It’s legacy can also be seen in Northern Ireland today which has seen acts of extreme terrorism by loyalist and republican forces still in conflict over the partition of the island. In this paper I will be discussing the War of Independence itself and the key events and actors involved that lead eventually to the formation of the Irish Free State that exists
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owned by them. The land they cultivated and grew their crops on was owned by strangers. In 1845‚ a catastrophic blight struck potato crops all over Ireland. The sudden wilting of all potato crops lasted five years and brought about starvation‚ disease‚ and death. This also brought massive immigration to North America. These immigrants from Ireland came not only to Ellis Island in New York‚ but also to Gross Isle near Quebec‚ Boston‚ Baltimore‚ and Philadelphia. They settled on the east coast
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Between 1922/32 what steps did the Cosgrave govt. Take to establish the IFS on firm foundations? The IFS was officially established on the 6th of Dec 1921. The IFS under the Anglo Irish treaty obtained dominion status. This meant that Ireland had full economic autonomy‚ the British army would leave the state‚ we would be entitled to have our own foreign policy. Although these were incrementally positive to the Ifs we still had connections with Britain that had to sustain‚ such as the kings representative
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