The Province of Ulster: A Land Divided by Faith To understand the time of strife and conflict in Northern Ireland commonly referred to as "the Troubles"‚ one might look at the intense sectarianism that split the province of Ulster into two very defined groups that did not blend well together: the Catholic population and the Protestant population. Many factors played a role in the segregation of these communities‚ such as political standpoint which is closely correlated with religious beliefs.
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intimidation in the form of terrorism. Britain’s occupation of Ulster (Northern Ireland)‚ has been a controversial reign with a primarily Protestant influence on a previously Catholic area. This has led to various civil right issues and activism in the most affected parts. Politically‚ the feud is primarily about land and the unification of Ireland‚ thus the disputes over who Northern Ireland belongs to. In the case of the IRA‚ it is believed that Ulster should be the Republic of Ireland’s land‚ especially
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Ulster massacres There is speculation around number of planters killed in the early months of the uprising. Early English Parliamentarian pamphlets claimed that over 200‚000 settlers had lost their lives. This is most likely an act of propaganda‚ as recent research has suggested that the number significantly lower‚ in the region of 4‚000‚ though many thousands were forced from their homes. It is estimated that up to 12‚000 Protestants may have lost their lives in total‚ after being exposed to the
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Four Poems by Derek Mahon INTRODUCTION Derek Mahon belongs to the same generation of Northern Ireland poets as Seamus Heaney. But‚ whereas many of Heaney’s poems are rooted firmly in the rural landscape of Ulster where he grew up‚ Mahon’s poems reflect his childhood spent in Belfast. His familiar places were the streets of the city‚ the Harland and Wolff shipyard where his g-andfather and father worked‚ and the flax-spinning factory where his mother worked. Later on‚ Mahon would come to study
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What problems did Irish nationalists face in 1905? To what extent had these been overcome by 1949? For several hundred years‚ there has been increasing tension between southern and northern Ireland‚ giving rise to Irish Nationalism. The roots of conflict are to be found in the past when Henry II first landed in Ireland in 1169. At this time‚ Ireland was recognised for their nationalistic pride and the arrival of an English king generated resentment amongst the people‚ as England gained some control
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opinion in Ireland had spike to an all-time high. This was also polarised by the Ulster nationalist who believed that all the nationalists were “Traitors and deserved to be shot.” This then escalated and led to an all-out civil war in Ireland between the Ulster Nationalists/British and the IRA. LG decided to form the Black and Tans a counter terrorist movement to try and stop the IRA‚ however most of them were Ulster nationalists and ruthless towards the southerners even those who were innocent. This
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Information Summary in Script Format for Presentation History Question #1- Driver –It is important to remember that social identities and personal identities are shaped by the history of a culture. According to Ireland-Now.com (Ireland-Now.com) an online travel guide‚ the earliest settlers came to Ireland at about 6500 B.C. They were hunter-gatherers that constructed settlements along river valleys in the northern part of the country. By 3500 B.C. the Irish culture had begun to take shape into a
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King Henry VIII‚ Queen Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell gradually conquered the whole of Ireland. Ireland became a British colony in 1607. The last area to resis the English was the north of Ireland‚ Ulster‚ but in the end the Irish were defeated. The English punished the Catholic people of Ulster for their resistance by giving their lands to Protestants from Scotland and England. In 1921‚ an independent Irish state was set up‚ now the Republic of Ireland. Six counties in the north of Ireland
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Single Transferable Vote (STV) is used to elect MLAs. The d’Hondt mechanism is used to allocate positions of power: ministers/chairs and deputy chairs of committees. -cultural equality for the two main traditions (for example for Irish language and Ulster Scots). -special voting arrangements that give veto rights to the minority. Certain Assembly decisions require cross-community support‚ not just majority support but the support of a certain percentage of nationalists and unionists. These decisions
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affecting the two assemblies. One past event that majorly contributes to the present disputes is the Ulster Plantation. This is when the English and Scottish people started to move in to‚ and conquer Northern Ireland. The Irish were kicked out of their homes and off their own land. The British Colonists that moved in were required to speak English and be of Protestant faith. ("Plantation of ulster‚" 2013) The Irish people living there were Catholic and still are today. The Catholics in Northern Ireland
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