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The Irish Question (Causes (Great famine of Ireland (Ireland depended…
The Irish Question
Causes
Foundation of Anglican Church
Started Division between catholics and protestants
England became protestant
Ireland remained largely catholic
Henry VIII
Wanted to divorce Catharine of Aragon
Not allowed by pope
Didn't give him a male heir
Great famine of Ireland
Ireland depended largely on potato's as food source
Potato disease caused failed harvest
Very big famine
+- 1.000.000 People died
+- 1.000.000 emigrated to US
1845-1850
Irish were largely neglected by British
Increased hate for British
What
What should be done with Northern Ireland?
Irish want to make Northern Ireland part of Republic of Ireland
Lots of protestants in Northern Ireland --> Want to remain with UK
Conflict
Catholic minority wants to join Republic of Ireland
Conflict
"The troubles"
1960's - april 10th 1998
Between IRA and UVF
IRA wanted Northern Ireland to be part of Republic of Ireland
UVF wanted Northern Ireland to remain with UK
Bloody sunday
Most known incident of theTroubles
January 30th 1972
Peaceful protest against intentment
Intentment = Arresting people without a fair trial
Done to many suspected IRA members
British soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians
14 were killed