The Irish Question. INDEX 1 – Introduction 2 – Background 3 – The Act of Union 4 – Home Rule Party 5 – The Easter Rising 6 – The Irish War of Indipendence.

The Irish Question

INDEX1 – Introduction

2 – Background

3 – The Act of Union

4 – Home Rule Party

5 – The Easter Rising

6 – The Irish War of Indipendence

6.1 – The Battle of Dublin

6.2 – Michael Collins

7 – The birth of EIRE

8 – Republic of Ireland

9 – From the Republic of Ireland until today

DEEP QUESTIONS

Historical reasons

Religious reasons

HISTORICAL REASONS

Ireland was colonized by England in the XIII century

English introduced feudalism in Ireland, subduing Irish people

RELIGIOUS QUESTION

Conflict between Catholic Irish and Protestant British

THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE

English Protestants settled in Ulster

The war broke out in 1690: English Protestants were supported by William of Orange; Irish Catholics helped by James II

THE IRISH PEOPLE CONTINUED ASKING FOR

INDIPENDENCE

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THE ACT OF UNION • Approved on 2th July

1800

• The Act gave origin to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that came into effect on 1st January 1801

• The Anglican Church became the official one.

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HOME RULEIn 1845-46 Irish asked for Home Rule

In 1905 the Home Rule Party was founded and called Sinn Feinn

In 1916 uprising in Dublin

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THE EASTER RISING• In the same year, the

Irish Republicans led the Easter Rising

• The aims were: the end of British rule in Ireland and the establishment of Irish Republican

• The bloody and the born of IRA (Irish Republican Army)

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THE IRISH WAR OF INDIPENDENCE

British Government VS IRA

Outbreak of war in January 1919, ended in 1921

Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921

THE BATTLE OF DUBLIN

The Battle lasted from 28 June to 5 July 1922.

It marked the beginning of the Irish Civil War, which ended in 1923.

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MICHAEL COLLINS

(1890-1922)

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Considered by many Irish politicians one of

the founder of the Irish State, he was an revolutionary leader, who died during the

Civil War.

THE BIRTH OF EIREThe Irish Free State is renamed EIRE (the Gaelic name of Ireland).

The Constitution of Ireland came into force.

Ireland was not a Republic yet.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

1948 Republic of Ireland Act.

1949 Ireland became officially a Republic.

1955 Ireland joined the United Nations.

FROM THE REPUBLIC IRELAND UNTIL TODAY

• The Troubles with the Ulster were not solved.• The birth of UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force).• The UVF organized many attacks.• The Battle of the Bogside (12-14 August

1969).• Sunningdale Agreement in 1972.• Refuse of Sunningdale Agreement and

successive huge strikes.• Ceasefires in 1994 between Loyalist and

Republican paramilitaries.

FROM THE REPUBLIC IRELAND UNTIL TODAY

IRA continued to commit attacks.

Good Friday Agreement in 1997 momentarily stopped the attacks.

Nevertheless IRA keeped on dropping bombs.

Today IRA lost its control over the nationalists and it is now just a small group of violents.

“SITEOGRAPHY”www.wikipedia.com

www.bbc.co.uk

www.fas.org

www.great-britain.co.uk/history/ireland.htm

Project and Presentation

by

MATTEO RUSSO

PAMELA MUGNAI

GIANLUCA BARGELLI

5° D Erica

A.S. 2009 - 2010