Ireland

Éire

Ireland

Éire

Poblacht na hÉireann

The Emerald isle

Hibernia

Róisín Dubh

"The land of Saints and Scholars"

The goddess

Éiru

Geography

Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Geography

History

Celtic Ireland

The Celts are often seen as a mysterious and proud people of warriors. But they were not a united people.

They have left marks after them in language and art.

We know they fled to Ireland after the Angles, Saxons and Jutes came to England.

Bronze age

Christening

Women among the Celts could be both kings and warriors.

The Celts was eventually defeted because they could not unite the tribes against the Normans.

Remnants of the Celtic culture

In language:

Bother - annoy

Clock - bell

Craic - fun

Hooligan - Trublemaker

Phoney - fake

Whiskey (uisce beatha) - water of life

In traditions:

Samhain - Halloween

In art:

Knotwork

In legends:

The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne - Tristan and Isolde

History

Christening ca 400 A.D.

Ireland was christened. North Ireland is protesant and south Ireland is catholic

St Patrick

St Patrick's day

History

The Irish potato famine 1845-1852

During the 1800s many countries in Europe were stricken by famine. This affected Ireland particularly hard because they were dependent on potatoes as their main staple food.

Side note: The Osman emperor Abd ül-Mecid

wanted to send 10 000 pounds to help the Irish

but was convinced by Queen Victoria to send only 1000 since she herself had sent only 2000. ül-Mecid Sent several ships with food instead.

The potato famine leads to a wave of emigration,

many leave the green isle and travel to America.

Today about 35 million Americans claim to have their roots in Ireland.

Poverty and famine similarily led to a wave of

Swedish emigrants moving to America in the 1800s.

Today about 4 million Americans have Swedish descent.

The Easter rising?

What: A protest against British rule in Ireland
When: Took place in april 1916
Who: The Irish against the British
Where: In Dublin
Why: Watch this short clip

History

What led to the Easter rising april 1916?

History

The Troubles

1960-1998

A conflict between nationalist and unionists

Irish/Roman catholic

British/Protestant

IRA

RUC

History

Irish/Roman catholic

British/Protestant

Republicans - nationalists that previously used violent means.

Nationalists - unified Ireland only through peaceful methods.

Sinn Fein

Unionists - support the union with Great Britain but only by peaceful methods.

DUP

Loyalists - unionists

that may use violent means to "defend" the union.

History

On January 30, 1972, British paratroopers killed 13 Irish citizens at a civil rights protest in Derry, Northern Ireland.

History

The lyrics are a nonpartisan condemnation of the historic bloodshed in Ireland.

The horror is witnessed by a observer.

History

This was inspired by the IRA bombing in Warrington, Cheshire, England on March 20, 1993. Two children, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry, were killed. The IRA (Irish Republican Army) is a militant group that was determined to remove British troops from Northern Ireland.

History

The video was shot by Samuel Bayer, who flew to Belfast shortly before the ceasefire to get footage of the area - those are real British soldiers and local children. Bayer intercut these scenes with striking images of Dolores O'Riordan, standing by a cross and covered in gold paint, as similarly gilded children look on.

On August 31, 1994, just a few weeks after this song was released, the IRA declared a ceasefire after 25 years of conflict, leading some critics of The Cranberries to wonder if the IRA was willing to call a truce to make sure the group didn't release any more songs about them.