Jill Ireland

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 43 of 48 - About 471 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Irish Republican Army

    • 762 Words
    • 4 Pages

    the British well know. They made its existence known to the world as a terrorist organization in the 1960s as the Clandestine “armed wing” of the Sinn Fein movement. They were devoted to bringing about a unified Ireland and Northern Ireland, and to remove any British forces from Ireland. To do this, the group several hundred strong in members and another several hundred strong in supporters and sympathizers aimed their hostility at high-ranking…

    • 762 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Andrew Hozier-Byrne was born on march 17, 1990 and is currently 25 years old. Hozier joined his first band at age 15 and both of his parents are natural singer and painters. he wrote his famous song “ take me to church” in his parents attic in Ireland. He writes songs with R and B, soul, gospel, and blues. Hozier wrote the song Take Me To Church about his frustration with the Catholic church and their stance on homosexuallity. His hit single Take Me To Church released in the september of 2013…

    • 255 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I. Introduction On June 24, 2016, the citizens of the United Kingdom voted in favor for their departure from the European Union. For the past forty years, the United Kingdom has been a member of this peaceful union which is comprised of twenty-seven other European countries. The union enacts Article 50, a law that allows these countries to exit the union at will. In the events that have followed the in-favor vote to depart from the EU, little action has taken place. The nations that form the…

    • 1169 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    mountain crags, breathtaking castles, and cool summer breezes. There is something about Ireland that makes people just want to come back, but however like any place it has not been with out its share of wars and troubles. Ireland has a unique problem that has been around for hundreds of years. A question remains in the minds of many of those in Europe, Is there a solution to the conflict between Ireland and England? This is no recent battle and strife dates back hundreds of years, it is one…

    • 1664 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    On the one hand, IRA control over crime and violence could gain support from the community, as a means to an end, as such a high volume of crimes committed in a majority Catholic area would have a negative impact on the Catholic community across Ireland as a whole, and by using extreme measures they could act as a deterrence. However, on the other hand it could have acted to almost undermine the movement itself, as an organisation which couldn’t control its members and supporters, and reverted…

    • 1791 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    192 pages and is written in English. The story takes places in Northern Ireland, mainly in the city Belfast, where there is the war going on between the protesters which also is called (UDA) and the Catholics which in the text also is called the (IRA) which is the Provisional Irish Republican Army, there is also a part of the text ongoing in London. The main character in the book is Michael Dillion, Dillion lives in Ireland with his beautiful wife Moira, which he met a party when he was in…

    • 805 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    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…

    • 658 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Basques

    • 307 Words
    • 2 Pages

    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…

    • 307 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    messaging services for the Salvation Army UK & Republic of Ireland.” In addition, with employees, guests and contractors traveling between the different locations, the organization also wanted to maintain a unified guest experience. The Salvation Army UK & Republic of Ireland needed to automate mobile access management, simplify guest access at its 80 locations, and increase endpoint security. As the Salvation Army UK & Republic of Ireland looked for solutions, Network Sentry quickly surpasses…

    • 801 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    According to The Telegraph, the second major factor that influenced pro-Brexit voters was the chance to “take control” of the number of immigrants entering to the UK. Did you know that?. Did you know that overseas students contribute around 11.8 billion to the British economy? What if we added that immigrants have an 80 percent participation rate? Now, do you still want them gone? The idea that immigrants should “fit in” and are expected to adopt the British way of living is severely damaging…

    • 988 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48