HISTORY OF IRELAND 2 - history

What do you remember about Ireland?
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What do you remember about Ireland?

Slide 1 - Carte mentale

What do the orange and green in the Irish flag stand for?

Slide 2 - Question ouverte

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But what caused this animosity between Ireland and Britain?

First, we need some history to explain it. 

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Celts
  • First (known) inhabitants of Ireland
  • Pre-Christian
  • Gaelic language & culture
  • Few written sources
  • "clans" and "druids"
  • polytheisthic (multiple gods)

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Vikings
  • from Denmark and Norway
  • 800 - 1066 AD
  • In search for land, they invaded other countries 
  • In Ireland, they founded many coastal towns (such as Dublin, Waterford)
  • Eventually mixed with Irish people

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British occupation

early British rule

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Henry VIII

  • Lived 1491 - 1547
  • Married 6 times (and beheaded a couple of his wives)
  • Was not allowed to divorce by the Pope
  • Therefore: broke with Rome
  • Founded Anglican church so that he could divorce --> England became Protestant
  • Declared himself King of Ireland

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Who are the original inhabitants of Ireland?
A
Normans
B
Anglo-Saxons
C
Vikings
D
Celts

Slide 11 - Quiz

Why did Henry VIII get beef with the Pope in Rome?

Slide 12 - Question ouverte

British occupation
Actual colonisation

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plantation of Ulster (1)
  • Started in early 1600's
  • organised colonisation of Ulster province
  • "test case" for later British Empire
  • Land was taken from Gaelic chiefs (clan heads)
  • Given to Presbyterians (Protestants), mostly Scottish, who spoke English and were loyal to the Crown
  • Irish were not allowed to work for or rent from the new Protestant Lords

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plantation of Ulster (2)
Goal: 
  • to control and 'civilise' Gaelic/ Catholic Ulster (Britain saw them as savages)
  • to sever the ties (banden verbreken) between Gaelic Ulster and the Gaelic Highlands in Scotland ("divide and conquer")

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British occupation
The Dutch interfere - and squash the Irish once and for all...

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William of Orange (Willem III)
  • Huge figure in Irish history
  • especially in Northern Irish conflict 
  • 1688: became King of England (with his wife, Queen Mary II), after kicking out James II (Mary's dad) for being too nice to Catholics
  • Fought James II in Ireland - where he'd fled - and won

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Battle of the Boyne
  • James II (pro-Catholic) vs William of Orange (Willem III, protestant)
  • Symbolic moment for Protestant victory over the Catholics/ the Irish
  • Victory is still celebrated today by Protestants in Northern Ireland. And it's never much fun.....

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British occupation
things get worse for the Irish...

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The Great Famine: 1840's

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In the early 1840's, Ireland had a population of 8,4 million people.
1
Half of the populatiom depended exclusively on potatoes. 
2
Mass starvation and emigration: over 1 million people die of starvation and disease. Around 2 million people leave the country. 
4
1845-1849: the potato crop fails for several years in a row
3
The population numbers in Ireland have never recovered since... 
5
Did Britain help their struggling colony....? Find out on the next slide!

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The Great Famine: 1840's
  • Relieve efforts were a joke: the British gave out loans (which the Irish soon couldn't pay back)
  • Irony: there was plenty of other food (grain, cattle, flour, eggs) but it was all to be exported to foreign markets by the landlords.
  • Britain thought the crisis was not unwelcome - corrected high birth rates among the 'inferior'  Irish
  • RESULT: a spark of nationalism and more anti-British sentiment

Slide 24 - Diapositive

What's the correct order of events?
A
Great Famine, Battle of the Boyne, Plantation of Ulster
B
Battle of the Boyne, Plantation of Ulster, Great Famine
C
Plantation of Ulster, Battle of the Boyne, Great Famine
D
None are correct

Slide 25 - Quiz


"Ulster" is the same as "Northern Ireland"
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A
True
B
False

Slide 26 - Quiz

What's the difference between the United Kingdom and Great Britain?

Slide 27 - Question ouverte

What's the most memorable fact of today?

Slide 28 - Carte mentale