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1541
Henry VIII proclaimed King of Ireland
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Battle for the throne of England between King James II and William of Orange
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A Modest Proposal
A Satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift about the poverty issues in Ireland. Suggets that the poor children are eaten -
Ireland joins UK
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The Great Famine
A period of mass starvation disease and emigration -
Culminating in the Easter Rebellion
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Yeats poem easter 1916
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Ireland devided into two separate political entities
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Signed a treaty- Created the Irish Free State
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The irish civil war
Først var der en krig mod briterne om at blive uafhæninge og herefter opstod der så en borgerkrig fordi den irske befolkning var uenige omkring hvordan landet så skulle styres og hvormeget indflydelse der skulle være fra britisk side. -
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irish free state
De Valera abolished the Oath of Allegiance and embarked on an economic war with the UK. In 1937 he drafted a new constitution, which was passed by a referendum in July of that year. The Free State came to an end with the coming into force of the new constitution on 29 December 1937, which with the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 officially became the Republic of Ireland. -
Irish Free State became an independent republic
Northen Ireland was created -
Speech on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rebellion
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The Troubles
A territorial conflict, not a religious one
Konflikten varede fra 1968 til 1998 og gik ud på, om Nordirland skulle være en del af Republikken Irland eller Storbritannien. Den blev afsluttet med indgåelsen af Belfastaftalen 10. april 1998. -
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday var en hændelse, der fandt sted den 30. januar 1972 i kvarteret Bogside i byen Derry i Nordirland, hvor 26 demonstranter og tilskuere blev skudt af soldater fra British Army -
"Before the Celtic Yoke"
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Good friday agreement
The agreement is made up of two inter-related documents, both agreed in Belfast on Good Friday, 10 April 1998:
a multi-party agreement by most of Northern Ireland's political parties (the Multi-Party Agreement) and an international agreement between the British and Irish governments (the British-Irish Agreement). -
"Good Girl"
the short story portraits the conflict between the catholics and prostetants. The main character Chrissy is a catholic and she is dating Ian who is a prostetant, which is problematic. Therefor she is being abused by some of her "friends" from school -
The wind that shakes the barley
Filmen foregår under den irske frihedskrig mod England i 1919-21 og den efterfølgende irske borgerkrig i 1922-23.