Republic of Ireland

self-government for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was the dominant political movement of Irish nationalism from 1870 to the end of World War I. Source #1 Citation: C N Trueman "Home Rule And Ireland" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 25 Mar 2015. 8 Jan 2018. Basic Information: Home Rule was the name given to the process of allowing Ireland more say in how it was governed freeing them from the rule of London and giving those in Ireland…

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…

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…

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…

Introduction: Second-generation Irish migrants in post-WWII England took up a variety of noteworthy hybrid-identities. This particular study of displacement is significant in the context of WWII, which produced twenty-seven million displaced persons and furthermore, is relevant in a present day context because of the continually increasing number of refugees worldwide. This essay compares the way that the two popular music bands made up of second-generation Irish migrants, The Pogues and The…

diaspora did a few different things that were absolutely vital to the establishment of peace in Ireland as well as the creation and signing of the Good Friday Agreement. Firstly to start it is important to note how important the US was in the development of peace. The US was not some small influence or bit part, but rather they were the “critical enabler and catalyst” for the peace talks that happened in Ireland (Feargal Cochrane, Bahar Baser and Ashok Swain 2009:685). With that idea in mind, it…

”The Sniper” was published during the Irish civil war (January 1923) by the republican Liam O’Flaherty. It takes place as night falls in Dublin. Shots eccho. A young Republican sniper lies on a rooftop. He lights a cigarette; risks revealing himself. Instantantly, a bullet hits the parapet, behind which he hides. A car approaches and halts down the street. A woman appears from a side-street. She speaks with the driver and points to the sniper. Without thinking, he shoots the driver, and the…

of the language. Many intellectuals and politicians had stressed the importance of it as one of the constitutive elements of Irishness. One clear example is Douglas Hyde who, already in the XXX, had claimed that it was necessary to “de-anglicize” Ireland in order to XXX. Gaelic was thus promoted and made compulsory in schools when the new State was born so that the number of native speakers would grow and the language would come alive again. Still, the project of a return to Irish proved to be…

The political context within Ireland itself remains an important element in the origins of the 1798 rebellion. An address from the United Irishmen to the English society, in 1792, describes the state with regard to the Catholics, declaring three million ‘are taxed without being represented, and bound by laws to which they have not given consent’. Political power in the hands of the Anglican landowners and aristocrats, excluded the majority of the population. The population of Ulster consisted…

formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force which was established a year previous. According to the Manifesto of the Irish Volunteers, the aim of the Irish Volunteers was to "secure and maintain the rights and liberties common to the whole people of Ireland". It is agreed by many historians including, Gerry White and Brendan O Shea that the Volunteers were made up of members of the Gaelic League, the Hibernian Knights and also the Sinn Fein movement. As many of the members of all three organisations…