handout on ireland overview
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IrelandOverviewGeographyBasics
§ 32countiesonentireislandofIreland§ 4provinces:Leinster,Munster,Connacht,andUlster
TheRepublicofIrelandincludes26counties– locatedmostlyinthesouthernpartoftheisland(thisisgenerally‘Ireland’whenmentionedinpublicdiscussions)
NorthernIrelandincludes6countieswithinUlsterthatispartoftheUnitedKingdom(whichincludesEngland,Scotland,Wales,andseveralotherentities)
Ulsterisactually9counties:6countiesinNorthernIrelandand3intheRepublic.(ThetermUlsterisusedincorrectlywhenreferringtoNorthernIreland)
Entirepopulationoftheislandisabout6.4millionpeople(4.5millionintheRepublicandabout1.8millioninNorthernIreland)
WebSites&Videos
§ Fergal Keane - TheStoryofIrelandhttp://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/the_story_of_ireland.htmlhttp://tinyurl.com/goec669 (YouTube)
§ deValera vs.Churchillhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UseZIQ5UlU8
§ deValera – Ireland'sHatedHerohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Y7YAy_bT0&feature=related
§ BBC– NorthernIrelandTroubleshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/recent/troubles/
ImportantDatesinIrishHistory
§ 1689– ‘Glorious’Revolution&startofProtestantAscendancy
§ 1798– 1798Uprising
§ 1801– ActofUnionwithGreatBritain
§ 1829– CatholicEmancipation
§ 1845-1850– Famine(TheGreatHunger/AnGorta Mór)
§ 1914– HomeRuleapproved
§ 1916– EasterUprising
§ 1918– Island-wideelections(SinnFeinwinsoverwhelmingmajority)
§ 1919– MeetingoftheFirstDáil (independentparliament)inDublin
§ 1921– IndependencetreatywithGreatBritain:divisionofIrelandbetween6counties(NorthernIreland)&26counties(IrishFreeState)
§ 1922-1923– Irishcivilwar
§ 1939-1945– WWII(SouthernIrelandwasneutralduringthistimeandNorthernIrelandwaspartoftheAlliedwareffort)
§ 1948– IrishRepublicdeclared
§ 1969– BritishtroopsarriveinNorthernIreland
§ 1998– BelfastAgreement/GoodFridayAgreement
ChristopherS.LaRoche– [email protected]