less publicized hunger strikes in Ireland. The protests in Quebec included intense violence as well as great restraint in respect of democracy and diplomacy‚ whereas the Irish Hunger Strikes did not directly involve violence‚ although they boosted the recruitment and level of IRA activity. The availability of resources also‚ as in all social movements‚ played a crucial role in the development of the protest in Quebec‚ and as a consequence of the protest in Ireland. Nationalism and feelings of alienation
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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 time being sympathetic to the Home Rule Movement. He had a great love of Irish history which he first developed at school along with the Irish language which showed him becoming passionate about nationalism. Patrick Pearse was more interested in what he was learning about Ireland as a nation and the Irish language. He joined the Gaelic league in 1896 at 17yrs old.
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war on Germany on September 3‚ and all the members of the Commonwealth of Nations‚ except Ireland‚ rapidly followed suit. The fighting in Poland was brief. The German blitzkrieg‚ with its use of new techniques of mechanized and air warfare‚ crushed the Polish defenses‚ and the conquest was almost complete when Soviet forces entered on September‚ 17 in East Poland. While this campaign ended with the partition of Poland and while the USSR defeated Finland in the Finnish-Russian War‚ 1939–40‚ the British
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the affairs of Northern Ireland during the period 1949-1969? R: Very little‚ no allies in parliament S: O’Neill policies C: background of O’Neill. Northern Ireland before his election N. O’Neill‚ paisley Brookeborough Faulkner... P1 Brookeborough government‚ tensions‚ O’Neill election P2: O’Neill policies. p3: opposition to his policies. P4 O’Neill’s fall What was the contribution of Terence O’Neill to the affairs of Northern Ireland during the period 1949-1969
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The Labour Party‚ Clann na Poblachta‚ Clann na Talmhan‚ The National Labour Party and Independents. Before its establishment Fianna Fail had ruled uninterrupted since 1932 along side its founder Taoiseach Eamon de Valera. Coalition governments in Ireland had predominantly advanced as a result of the demise on the dominant position of Fianna Fail‚ which managed to identify itself as a national movement rather than a partisan organisation. The development of Fianna Fail into the main catch-all party
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For well over a century‚ there has been political turmoil throughout the Irish isle stemming from the British occupation of Northern Ireland. With this occupation goes a tradition of armed resistance to the British military and other political installations. This tradition generally only found effective expression when large sections of the Irish people‚ faced with the British government’s denial of the legitimate demand for Irish independence‚ exercised the right to use armed struggle (Coogan 10)
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Discuss O’Neill’s pledge to ‘build bridges between the two communities within our community’; paying particular attention to the controversy that arose around the siting of a new university in Northern Ireland (NI) When O’Neil assumed power of Stormont on the resignation of Brookeborough he pledged to build bridges between the two communities in NI. This was a ray of hope to the Nationalist community who had long felt discriminated against. However it was met with some derision from his fellow unionists
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Why was Stormont Dissolved in 1972? Eighty- seven years have passed and partition within Ireland still remains the island’s defining feature. Since the six county country of Northern Ireland was formed under the umbrella organisation of the United Kingdom in 1921‚ Northern Ireland has experienced two periods of its history that are so extreme in their differences. For the first fifty or so years of Northern Ireland’s existence the situation between both sides of the community‚ the Protestants
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BACKGROUND: The history of Ireland is not unlike that of Britain in that it is marked by successive waves of invasion and colonization. Robert Welch writes in his book Changing States of a 12th century compilation called The Book of Invasions that details previous invasions of Ireland up to that point stretching back into antiquity (271); obviously "Ireland was a country which was being constantly invaded and resettled" (Welch‚ 272). When the Normans came to Ireland in the 12th century after having
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angered by the creation of Israel in 1948? Palestinians who lived in Palestine before 1848 thought that they had rights over the entire country and not just half. The State of Israel was proclaimed on May 14 1948‚ but the Arab states rejected the partition of Palestine and the existence of Israel. In 1948 Palestinians were driven out of the new Israel into refugee camps in Jordan‚ Egypt‚ Lebanon and other regions. 2. Why did the United States
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