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The Irish Volunteers was a military force which was formed in 1913 by a group of Irish Nationalists in direct response to the 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…

John Laird believes that he and other Ulster Protestants "struggle" to be heard as nationalist groups wish to suppress their political and cultural beliefs through various methods. He views them as besieged by Irish nationalists, upholding liberal, Ulster-Scots tradition, not unlike how previous generations of Northern Irish Protestant leaders viewed themselves as solely upholding the British Protestant traditions. Laird believes that the BBC and the Northern Ireland civil service are partially…

had helped to establish and control the Irish Volunteers for their own purposes. The leadership of the Irish Volunteers had never made it very clear what the organisation stood for. Although its formation was triggered by the establishment of the Ulster Volunteer Force, the leaders of the Irish Volunteers professed to admire rather than resent the revolutionary precedent set by the UVF. The Irish Volunteers were not formed to fight the British government, but rather to ensure that the government…

in Cualgne in Ulster where they had both been swallowed by cows. One cow was belonging to Daire of Cualgne, and the other had belonged to Queen Medb, hence forth becoming the Brown Bull of Ulster, and the White Horned Bull of Connaught. The white horned bull had, not wanting to be property of a woman, wandered into the herd of Medb’s husbands. Queen Medb wanting to be equal to her husband had determined to get…

well-known example of failures in Operational Risk occurred in 2012 when Ulster Bank’s IT systems failed which caused severe delays in the lodging of its customer’s salary payments. The resulting fallout led to delays in these customers being able to pay bills…

contributing to the tension prevailing in Ireland today is the contrasting placement of loyalty between Unionists and Nationalists. Ulster Unionist, who comprise almost exclusively of Protestants, place their loyalty to the British government and have demonstrated their loyalty and belief that Northern Ireland should re, a part of Great Britain through the signing of the Ulster Covenant in 1912 and consequent strike in retaliation of the Sunningdale agreement in 1973. The other ideology that…

planet. From skin loosing selkies to magnificent warriors, Scotland is home to many crazy and unique pieces of folklore. The main pieces of folklore that stick out are: The many creatures that inhabit Scotland , the different creation stories, the ulster cycle , and fairies. Mysterious creatures are native to all places ,but Scotland has some of the most unique and strange beings. The Selkies of Hebrides are said to be fairies that live in the ocean as seals but shed their skin on land and…

Charles Cunningham Boycott was born in Norfolk, England 1832 and was the son of Rev. William and Georgina Boycott. The ostracism received by his local community gave the English language the verb “to boycott” during the Lough Mask affair in the 1800’s. In his youth, he was educated in London and as he grew older he became very interested in the military. After being discharged from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1848 as a result of failing a periodic exam he joined the 39th Foot…

Prior to treaty negotiations, Lloyd George and Collins effected one another’s actions because they were on opposing sides during the Anglo-Irish War where the IRB challenged the British presence in Ireland. After Sinn Fein candidates, Collins included, won seats in Parliament across Ireland, they refused to take their seats and instead formed their own parliament called Dail Earnnian. Lloyd George’s response to Sinn Fein’s establishment of an illegal parliament was not to try and forcefully…

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…