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• Next week we review! • Today: movie• Homework: Write a paragraph on the movie
and the history of Ireland’s independence?
• Include any questions you have about what we have talked about or about the class.
• 10,000 BC first people
• 2000 BC arrival of Celtic people
• 432 AD St Patrick arrived to convert Pagans to Christianity
British Rule of Ireland
• Since 1171 England has been involved in Ireland’s political affairs
• 1541 King Henry VIII, King of Ireland
Irish Republicans, Nationalism
Easter Rising of 1916
IRA Irish Republican Armyor: The Old IRA
Guerilla War
• Jan 1919 Irish Declaration of Independence
• Initial violence a small gang of men:
• ...we took the action deliberately…Treacy had stated to me that the only way of starting a war was to kill someone, and we wanted to start a war, .…The only regret …was that there were only two policemen in it, instead of the six we had expected
Anglo-Irish Treaty( 条约 )
• 1921 end of British Rule
• Some Irish unhappy with the compromise
Irish Civil War
• Anti-Treaty IRA vs. Pro-Treaty forces
Religious/Racial conflicts of North and South
The Troubles
• What characterizes the troubles of North Ireland?
1969 British Troops sent to Northern Ireland
• Riots in Northern Ireland
IRA split
• Official IRA
• Provisional IRA
• Violence
• More Brit. troops
The Troubles
• Paramilitary violence ( 游击队 ) – Republican vs Loyalist
Catholic vs. Protestant
• Religious and political conflict
• Bloody Sunday
• Hunger Strike
• Why?
Belfast Agreementaka
The Good Friday Agreement