Northern Ireland peace process

“The Ireland which we have dreamed of would be the home of a people who valued material wealth only as the basis of a right living, of a people who were satisfied with frugal comfort and devoted their leisure to the things of the spirit” one author said (Hennessy). This couldn’t be more evident than through the life of Eamon de Valera, the most important person in Ireland history. Ironically, Ireland wasn’t his birthplace, as you would assume; instead, de Valera was born and raised in The…

King John of England, also known as John Lackland, was born either in late 1166 or early 1167 at the Tower of London. He was the youngest son of Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II, the latter controlling a ‘territory that stretched from the pyrenees in the south of France to the very borders of Scotland’. His father held considerable claims of territories at the time, and was part of a Royal House known as the Angevins. Due to the size of his controlled lands, they collectively became known…

Bill was passed which united Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom. This meant that there would be no Irish parliament and Ireland would be represented in Westminster , many attempts were made to counter this , such as Home Rule. Home Rule was basically an idea that Ireland should have its own parliament…

loss of the innocent lives of two children, a song that called for peace, titled “Zombie”, 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…

Around hundred years after concerning Britain, the Normans came to Ireland. The Norman leader, Richard de Clare, came and defeated the Vikings and the Irish, and became the new king of Leinster. He began on what became the Norman rule, which spread across Ireland. The English was worried that the Normans in Ireland were becoming more Irish than the Irish, so they banned them from marrying into Irish families or speaking the Irish language. When king Henry VIII wanted a divorce he split from the…

In the 18th century, during the height of the British Empire, Ireland had become subject to deplorable conditions under the rules and regulations of England because they were predominantly Catholic (Baker). Life for catholics in Ireland during this time was difficult. Jonathan Swift wasn’t first author which wrote about this issue, several authors tried to show the truth, but they were ignored. But in 1720 Swift broke nearly 20 years of silence to develop rapidly into the strongest voice of…

Protestants in Ireland by the 1700. This dominance over Ireland was established by hierarchy system and legislative power and another reason being regulation of religion. These changes provoked Irish mean and woman to emigrate out of Ireland and in some cases feel like exiles. Ireland began to be majorly Catholic and when England came to Ireland to challenge this they began to feel like they were look down upon. With the English system beginning to take place the people in Ireland began to feel…

Ireland has been a land that has been long forgotten or at least hardly ever touched upon. Most folks forget the countless things that Ireland has given the world such as new forms of technology, science, and transportation. Majority of the people only recognize them as the immigrants that had the potato famine and those who celebrate St. Patricks day. The book In Search of Ancient Ireland by Carmel McCaffrey and Leo Eaton is based on the history of the ancient times in Ireland and how some…

The British National Party is on the far-right British nationalist political party. Throughout the movie, the man demonstrated strong values that are not ethical in society today. The British National party opposes multiculturalism and Islamification of the United Kingdom. The BNP are definitely viewed as fascists or neo-fascists because they exclude everyone who does not have the same cultural. They are clearly racists that lean towards the beliefs of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. The BNP do…

between themselves. Whether you are a Catholic Nationalist who is the minority in Northern Ireland and the Majority in the Republic of Ireland, or a Protestant Unionist who wants to stay under British control. Things would not any better for the Irish people until the late 1990s when they would eventually end most of the fighting in Northern Ireland. While there still may be violence in the streets of Northern Ireland it is not nearly as bad as it was during the Troubles. The Hunger Strikes was…