Ango-Irish Conflict I

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The Anglo Irish Conflict

Poems about the conflict between the English and the Irish

War & Peace

Beowulf -  Anglo-Saxon Period

World War I Poets  

Anglo-Irish Conflict 

William Butler Yeats (1888) = Victorian

U2 (1982) & Seamus Heaney (1981) = Postmodern

Anglo-Irish poetry

Road map

• Goals
• Read the poems
• Some context 
• Work on assignments

General goals

At the end of this series of lessons you can

• understand the roots of the Anglo-Irish conflict;
• recognise the context of the poems discussed in class and that of the poets who wrote them;
• analyse them and compare them to one another with regard to their view on the conflict;
• evaluate them and link them to your own context. 

lesson goals

At the end of class you can

• understand the three poems
• place them in the conflict of the Anglo-Irish conflict

What do you already know about the Northern Irish peace process/ The Good Friday Agreement

W.B. Yeats

https://poetryarchive.org/poem/lake-isle-innisfree/

History 

'The British' first invaded Ireland in 1170 and they have been a part of the Island's texture ever since. 

On more than one occassion the Irish tried to break free from English rule. They finally succeeded in 1922 when Irish independence from England started a new conflict: the Irish Civil War. 

Two sides of one coin

Unionists - mainly Protestants - wanted to remain within a union with Great Britain

Nationalists - mainly Catholics - wanted to create an independent Irish nation. 

The Troubles

The Troubles was a period of conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted from the late 1960s until the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. It was characterised by sectarian violence and political strife between the Catholic and Protestant communities.

Explain the background of the conflict in Northern Ireland and introduce the concept of The Troubles.

The Peace Process

The peace process in Northern Ireland began in the 1990s with talks between political parties and paramilitary groups. It led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, which set out a framework for power-sharing and reconciliation.

Explain how the peace process began and how it led to the Good Friday Agreement.

The Good Friday Agreement

The Good Friday Agreement is a peace agreement signed by the British and Irish governments, as well as most of the political parties in Northern Ireland. It established a power-sharing government and addressed issues such as policing, justice, and human rights.

Discuss the key components of the Good Friday Agreement and its significance in ending The Troubles.

Present-day Implications

The Good Friday Agreement has had a significant impact on Northern Ireland's politics and society, but it has faced challenges such as Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Significance GFA

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/07/how-did-the-good-friday-agreement-come-about-and-why-is-it-so-significant

Discuss the ongoing implications of the Good Friday Agreement, including its challenges and successes.

Do 

What kind of picture does each work paint in relation to the conflict at hand? 

Describe in your own words. Refer to the poems in your answer.

Do 

Assignments

Strands

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Squaredle

https://squaredle.app/

Context

1066: Norman invasion

1541: Henry VIII - King of Ireland - with an Irish parliament

Protestant settlers in the North

1801: Act of the Union - one kingdom

Context

Original Gaelic Irish: turned to Catholicism

poor, land labourors - a.o. IRA

English settlers : protestant

rich, ruling class -  o.a. UDF 

19th century: rise of Nationalism 

1922:

 Irish free state - Independent republic 

Northern Ireland -  part of UK