For 30 years, Northern Ireland was scarred by a period of deadly sectarian violence known as “the Troubles.” This explosive era was fraught with car bombings, riots and revenge killings that ran from the late 1960s through the late 1990s. The Troubles were seeded by centuries of conflict b...
1.Why isNorthern Irelandso significant in theUK? What is the political problem there? Keys: 1. it is significant because of the political troubles there. 2.the politicaltroub le Origi nalinhabitants were mainly descents of Celts; they believed in Catholics.The immigrantsfromScotlandand northEngla...
The canals (Lachine at Montreal, the Rideau, and the Grenville at the Long Sault rapids at Hawkesbury) and fortifications to create Wellington’s fortress Canada attracted the second wave of Irish emigrants into the area; Catholics leaving Ireland because of the agricultural depression that followed...
were usually exclusive rather than equivalent. The study assessed Catholics and Protestant participants from two countries: Northern Ireland and England. Equivalence classes emerged reliably only for the English participants, who were not socialized within the sectarian culture of Northern Ireland of the ...
In the times of Charles Stuart it was all about Catholics and Protestants. Alliances were made with other monarchies based on religion. Elizabeth kept Mary Queen of Scots of the throne because of her connection with Catholic Spain. I’m Scottish and Irish and people here live their history....
Later, she adds that Catholics in Northern Ireland lived in a segregated society where “everything was rigged — jobs, housing, voting rights, it all went to the Protestants.” What these statements don’t fully demonstrate is the existential toll of living under occupation. How did the ...
has done over the years: the counselling, the food banks, the overseas missions[1]. Anyone tempted to run that particular rationale up the flagpole might ask themselves how they’d feel if Ted Bundy, say, had arguedSure I killed all those people, but hey: I volunteered in a soup ...
Why do children dress in costume and knock on strangers’ doors to ask for treats on Halloween? The practice can be traced to the ancient Celts, early Roman Catholics and 17th‑century British politics.Read moreRead more about How Trick‑or‑Treating Became a Halloween Tradition 19th Centur...
lands in all Ireland were encroached by English nobles, and Irish Catholics became serfs subjugated to British landowners. Subsequently, English became the more prestigious language and replaced Irish Gaelic rapidly. By the time of the Famine, though Gaelic continued to survive among many famished Iri...
This masculine name was once so ubiquitous that it became an ethnic slur for Irish people (and, as “Taig,” for Northern Irish Catholics), in the same manner as “Paddy” or “Mick.” The g is clearly heard in Tadhgh, but, depending on the consonants around it,the “g” in “gh...