The key indicators of this revolution was the growth of army size, development of disciplined firepower-centric infantry, construction of trace itallienne fortifications and ocean-going broadside sailing ships. Though Ireland was geographically on the periphery of Europe, Ireland and the course of the Nine Years War was profoundly influenced by the transformations taking place in continental Europe. The stereotypical native hosts of armoured gallowglass, kern and Scottish mercenary redshanks…
My central research question is: Where did the idea of rebelling against authority come from and how did it inspire bushrangers? In Australia in the 19th century, outlaws were known as bushrangers. In today’s society, bushrangers are seen as folk heroes and are a part of Australia’s national identity. This especially is seen through Australia’s most notorious bushranger, Ned Kelly, who is considered somewhat as a legend, and inspires an idea of rebellion against authority. However, this idea of…
England vs. Ireland England vs. Ireland Throughout James Joyce’s short story “The Dead” there is a very strong ongoing motif of England vs Ireland. This power struggle is depicted through the use of character interactions, underlying messages, and imagery throughout the story. James Joyce seemed to incorporate a lot of political issues into his work, which seems to be appropriate for the time period it was written. Written in 1914 “The Dead” by James Joyce was a very popular short story for…
The Basques are considered to be one of the oldest ethnic groups in Europe, possibly the oldest. Their homeland or region lies on the border between France and Spain, in the Pyrenees mountain range. They live in three regions on the Spanish side of the mountains and three on the French side. The Basques refer to these regions, together, as Euskal-Herria, or Land of the Basques. The population of Basques is almost 3 million, but there are about one million people living the Basque regions that…
My earlier inquiries ported between Biblical Spirituality, Celtic Spirituality, and City Spirituality. An M. Div. mini-thesis investigated the spirituality of the insular Celts (du Toit, 2007). This study focussed on two Celtic liminality sniglets. For the island Celts, thin designated liminality. Thin Spaces (for instance, beaches and mountaintops) and Thin Times (such as dawn and dusk) thinned the veil between the natural and supernatural. Liminality, as an abstract zeitgeber, makes life and…
In the tenth century A.D. Ireland was taken over by Vikings they killed there men and took their women they forced the Irish in land. Ireland’s biggest problem being that it was divided in they had one king but he was not truly king Ireland was divided into kingdoms and tribes that try take over each other. In the year of 941 the answer to their problem was born in the kingdom Munster the 12th son of a chief the boys name is Brian Boru who would one day save all of Ireland from their biggest…
Ireland is a very interesting country full wonderful people and amazing landscape. There are many interesting facts about Ireland. Irish culture and practices are also very interesting. Although my heritage is Irish my family practices very few things that the Irish people do. Ireland is in Europe neighboring England and Scotland. Ireland is an island off the west edge of Europe, right below Scotland and just to the left of The United Kingdom. Ireland is 27,136 square miles. Compared to…
The flag of the United kingdom of Great Britain and also Northern Ireland, but the british flag is also known as Union Jack and Union Flag. The current design of the Union Jack dates to union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1808. On the flag it has red cross of the saint George with a edged in white, outlined on the cross of St. Patrick which is the patron saint of Ireland. The very first flag which was the earliest, was established in 1606 by the proclamation of the King James VI and the I of…
oppression rapidly increased as the British began to pass laws against the Irish Catholics in Ireland. Some of the laws included preventing the Irish Catholics from holding public office, limiting their rights to education, buying and selling land, bearing arms, serving in the army, obtaining certain jobs, or voting. These weren’t the only things the British took away from the Irish, they also decided to reform Ireland by eliminating the original Gaelic traditions and replacing them with British…
not unlike how previous generations of Northern Irish Protestant leaders viewed themselves as solely upholding the British Protestant traditions. Laird believes that the BBC and the Northern Ireland civil service are partially controlled by Irish nationalists. He views himself and other Ulster-Scots as a minority, oppressed by Irish republicans. He is proud of his people, seeing them as an obstacle to the nationalists who seek to dominate Northern Ireland. Further, he sees the Ulster-Scots…