What was the Irish problem? Irish Problem or Irish problem may refer to: Irish Question, late-19th-/early-20th–century UK political debate about the constitutional status of Ireland. The Troubles, conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century. ...
Northern Ireland may well be British, but it's Irish too. Many people in the country want to remain British, many want to be reunited with the rest of Ireland, and that caused years and years of civil war, known as The Troubles. Throughout the 70s and 80s, families have pitted against...
He was a winner. And, from what we knew of the world, we weren’t wrong to think it. Like all winners, he was always the last man standing. He was a front and centre player in a culture that respects a fella who can handle a drink, that mocks a fella who cannot. The Irish ...
The Troubles: The English long sought to dominate and control the island of Ireland. In 1542, Henry VIII declared himself King of Ireland. In 1800, with the Acts of Union, Ireland's parliament was disbanded, and the crowns of Ireland and England were merged into one. The Irish have long...
What was the Irish Potato Famine? What caused the Agricultural Revolution? What caused Holodomor? What benefited from the Great Famine in Ukraine? What century was the Irish Potato Famine? What caused the Troubles in Ireland? What caused the Second Agricultural Revolution?
Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” uses verbal irony in a satirical way. Swift suggests that the Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for the rich. This outrageous suggestion is not intended to be taken literally. Instead, it is meant to express shar...
item was deferred for further consideration and it was noted in the cabinet minutes that “the terms of an announcement in this regard [would] be settled between the Ministers for Finance [Charles Haughey] and Education”. Sadly for thousands of young people, this was one battle O’Malley ...
British and Irish literature Putting a shape on what was there| Cognitive mapping and finding escape in the poetry of Ciaran Carson UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS WoodLeighDrawing from Carson's work dealing with the Troubles, primarily 1987's 1989's 1994's 1996's my intent is to provide both an ...
contribute to the feeding. of many.” This suggestion was clearly not meant to be taken seriously, but rather to highlight the severe economic issues that the people in Ireland were facing at the time. Through this quote, the author suggests that the majority of the Irish population was so...
The Irish “hard border.” Right now, the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is open. People (and trade) move between the two nations with ease. There are fears that could change in a Brexit divorce. The Republic of Ireland is in the EU. But Northern Ireland, ...