Irish Republican Army

How did the British people see their empire at the end of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century? They saw the Empire evolving and even some devolving. For the people living in the British empire, during the turn of the century, Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee was a time of pride and yet a time of growing insecurity about the fate of the nation, because of the concerns with status as an economic power, a strong anti-imperial sentiment was growing, and the resistance in Ireland.…

are the Republican politicians doing about it? He lied about the doctor, he lied about every aspect. You can keep your plan. And you've all heard that hundreds of times. That's like the real estate location, location. I don't even say it anymore because everybody goes location, location. But you have heard this about Obamacare. And it's disgraceful. It's a big, fat, horrible lie. Your deductibles are going through the roof. You're not going to get--unless you're hit by an army tank,…

kill the republican if there is any hope for survival “He had to kill his enemy he couldn't use his rifle he had only a revolver to do it” Pg 438 line 68. Man Vs Self is displayed when the sniper has killed his enemy. At first he is eager and happy about his success “He peered across the gutter in a cry of joy” Pg 439 line 87.After the snipers adrenaline died he wasn't happy about what he just did “The lust of battle died in him he was bitten by remorse”. After this event the sniper started to…

meant for discussion. “Mise Eire” also has an important role to play in these discussions; in it, Boland is pulling women out of the mythical land that they’ve been placed in for generations and put back into reality. Women are underrepresented in Irish poetry, and the ones that do mythicize women into maidens with extreme beauty or sexual…

family’s watch store in Kronstadt in Saint Petersburg, Russia. That is, until Germany broke the non-aggression pact and began invading his motherland. After losing his father, and the family watch store to German bombing, Aleksei joined the Soviet Red Army. After about a week of training, he was shipped as a reinforcement to Stalingrad and was assigned as a sniper with the 13th Guards Rifle Division, formerly known as the 87th Rifle Division.…

that sign says LITERALLY. You know that you are on Pearse Street, you Americans. It’s named after me Great-Uncle Padraig Pearse.” He paced the floor‒deliberately looking back and forth‒going from Lane to Blair. “Pearse was the founder of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He met many times in this very room, but for what? Along came the IRA and so many other liberation organizations down the road. All wanting to free Ireland of British rule, aye they did. Did it work? Hell no. Because…

leader (relevant biographical information)? Patrick Pearse was a key leader in the Easter Rising (Irish rebellion against British rule). He was an Irish man living in the late 1800s to early 1900s (1879-1916). (Green, http://www.ireland-information.com/articles/padraigpearse.htm) He was a nationalist and firmly believed that Ireland should be its own country. He was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (a group that wanted to use force to break the link with England). Pearse was…

written. It was written and released by The Cranberries, an Irish punk rock band, in 1993—shortly after the Northern Irish militant group bombed a mall in Warrington. With moving lyrics and a unique style of singing, the song was a worldwide hit, bringing attention to the Ireland-England conflict. Its impact may have possibly aided in the peace that they sought. On March 20th, 1993, a militant group called the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) planted two bombs in dustbins at a shopping…

republic. Their political attitudes as expressed in their own extant letters and their newspaper of choice, the Iowa City Weekly Republican, provide motive for their killing of Butler’s bloodhounds. Historians have agreed that the United States Army of the American Civil War was a force of volunteer citizen-soldiers and were conscious of their role as a political weapon. A republican ideology demanded volunteer service as a demonstration of “civic duty and patriotic virtue.” The nationalism…

In 1845, the Great Famine began, leaving an everlasting mark on the Irish people and the political landscape of their country. The potato crop, which sustained much of Ireland’s population, stopped growing, leading to mass starvation and the death of over a million people. In The Wonder by Emma Donoghue, Anna O’Donnell is born near the end of this national tragedy and survives, but later chooses to starve herself, much to the despair of her nurse Lib. Similarly, the movie Some Mother’s Son…