Northern Ireland

the gian's causeway is

a group of several thousand rock columns on the north, tourist attraction, world heritage sinca 1986, legent - it was built by a giant across the sea to the island of Staffa

NI is a province, administrative region also know as a

Ulster

the six celtic nations

1. scotland 2. ireland 3. isle of man 4. wales 5. cornwall 6. brittany

population is

over 1,7 million

capital is

belfast (300 000 people)

the six counties are

ANTRIM, ARMAGH, DOWN, FREMANAGH, LONDONDERRY, TYRONE

religions here are

catholic 43 % protestant 57%

Catholic Irish surnames are

with prefix O' like O'Sullivan with prefix Mul, Mil (milligan, muldoon) with prefix Fitz (Fitzgerald) with prefix Mac (MacDonnel)

celtic names are for example

Flynn, Cannolly, Kennedy, Nolan

nick-name for Irish person is

PADDY

The Celtic Fringe is

an area of Europe where Celtic customs or Celtic language exists.

green symbolizes

catholics

orange symbolizes

protestants

diaspora - what it is?

people of Irish origin live outside the national country

before the 20th century...

NI was part of Ireland as a whole

settlemenst of protestants WHEN?

16, 17th century

By the terms of an Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921...

NI granted its own parliament, Roman Catholic excluded from political office!

1960s... what happened?

civil right movements and disturbances

languages spoken there are...

english, irish (celtic), ulster scots, there is no official language there

gaelic football -

sport played by 2 teams of 15 players

st patrick -

brought christianity in 5th century(432), his day - 17th march

8th c. -

the viking raids

1172

Henry II and the Pale - area around Dublin that was controlled by England

16, 17th c.

plantations of Ulsters, settlements of protestant on land

1688

Glorious Revolution, the siege of Londonderry ('no surrender')

1690

the battle of the Boyne-Orange marches of protestant in June

1801

the act of Union

1840s

poptato failure and famine - 3 years

1916

the Easter Rising

1921/22

partition of Ireland and Irish Free State (1937 Eire, 1949 - the Republic of Ireland)

1969

British troops sent to Northern Ireland

1972

bloody Sunday - peaceful demonstration, 15 people were killed

prostestants consist of

unionist, loyalist, orangemen

catholics consist of

nationalist, republicans

orangemen are

protestants who belong to the organization that organise orange marches

republicans are associated with

Sinn Fein and the IRA

unionist

a person who favours political union between NI and Britain

loyalist

wants to stay in part of the UK and remain loyal to the country

republican

believes that NI should be a part of Rebublic of Ireland

According to stereotype Irish Iberian has

monkey features of face

Anglo-Teutonic is

the most superior

Negro-Black

it is the lowest class stereotypically

Home rule is idea that

Britain should give a kind of Parliament to NI

THE TROUBLES, 1970s 1974

the Birmingham bomb - 21 people killed

1974

the Guildford and Woolwich pubs bombed, 7 victims

1975

the Guildford Four sentenced for a life (in the name of a father)

1979

Lord Mountbatten killed

1981

10 hungers strikers die in Male Prison

1984

Harrods bomb 15 killed, 100 injured

1988

the Broadcasting Ban

1989

the Guildford Four released

1991

the Birmingham Six released

1993

the Downing Street Declaration

1994

Gerry Adam's high-profile visit to the USA

1998

the Good Friday Agreement John Hume and Davi Trimbe receive the Nobel Peace Prize

David Trimble -

UUP Ulster Unionist Party

John Hume

SDLP - Social Democratic and Labour Party

Gerry Adams

Sinn Fein

Rev. Ian Raisley

did not sign the agreement: Democratic Union Party