Republic of Ireland

Great Blasket is a scanty Island off the coast of Atlantic coast of Ireland. This Gaelic community is very different from the communities the average person living in the United States is used to. These people have a different sense of place that is impacted by their environment, their limited exposure to the outside world, and their belief systems. The people on this island live a very simple life that can almost be described as boring. Their lifestyles revolve around very simple jobs such as…

blight, scientifically known as Phytophthora infestans, infects the leaves and edible roots of the potato plant, leaving the whole crop rotting in the fields. Because at least half of Ireland at that time, mainly her poor, depended heavily on the potato crop as the main source of nutrients, and the rest of Ireland consumed it in large…

Cathleen ni Houlihan is a mythological female figure who represents Irish nationalism in literature and art. In the play Cathleen ni Houlihan written by William Butler Yeats and Lady August Gregory, she is personified as an old, suffering woman, representing Ireland’s oppression by the English. Cathleen and the martyred Saint Joan of Arc, as represented in George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan, share strong similarities. Significantly, Maud Gonne, the original Irish actress chosen to portray…

where in the world this destination is from the clues below? Word Clue This is a country where St Patrick’s Day is a National Holiday…but it’s not Ireland. That’s because the Irish settled here and perhaps it reminded them of their lush, green homeland and that the geography of this country bears a striking resemblance to coastal Ireland (if coastal Ireland had black sand beaches). But the phenomenon that really put this area on the map was a massive, devastating volcanic eruption that…

major and most important poets of the 20th century. He lived and was raised in Northern Ireland, for many years he later lived in Dublin. Having many widely used anthologies edited by him as the author of more than 20 volumes of poetry, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and taught at Harvard and Oxford University. Chapter One: Early Life On April 13, 1939 in Castledawson, County Derry, in Northern Ireland Seamus Heaney was born. He was born as the eldest child of the family to Patrick…

Abstract The conflict in Northern Ireland goes back to the seventeenth century when the Scottish and English Protestants colonized to a great extent the Northern Ireland area. Whatever remains of Ireland was predominately Catholic and gained autonomy from the United Kingdom in 1922. Moreover, six regions that make up Northern Ireland, a dominant part Protestant territory with a Catholic minority, chose to stay with the United Kingdom. Unionists in Northern Ireland, for the most part Protestants,…

Cowgate in the year 1868. Connolly is perhaps most fondly remembered for his role as the military commander of the Easter Rising of 1916 in Dublin . Connolly was born into an Irish Catholic immigrant family, his father, John was born in some part of Ireland and it is believed his mother, Mary, originally came from County Monaghan . Connolly had five other siblings and the family lived in a slum area of Edinburgh among other Irish immigrant families. As a teen, James Connolly served in the…

on the many advantages and disadvantages of using the Confessio of St Patrick as a historical source. The Saint Patrick's Confessio is about Patrick, benefactor holy person of Ireland, who is a coordinating figure in that he gives a feeling of character to the entire of Ireland, and for its constituent parts, the Republic, the North and abroad. His social and profound legacy can be guaranteed by any settled political or social group on this island. Consistently, March seventeenth is celebrated…

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 mall in Warrington,…

stand in a massive family tree that is centuries old. I belong to the Lennon family tree that dates back to the early 1700s. The surname Lennon originated from the coast of Ireland, where both of my great-grandparents were born. Over 42,000 people bear this surname and they are most prevalent in the United States and Ireland. The name Lennon derives from the word O’Leannain, meaning “lover” and “sweetheart”. The Lennon ancestors aspire to be writers, poets, and very charitable people. The…