The Troubles

Ireland

David Hansen, Megan Rosenblatt, Brielle Read, and Madeline Harrod

Vocabulary you need to

know!
British Protestant-

A member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are

separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist,
Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches.

CatholicOrangemen-

A member of the Roman Catholic Church.

A member of a secret society founded in Northern Ireland in 1795 to maintain the political and religious

ascendancy of Protestantism

Emigration-

Is the act of leaving one's country or region with the intent to settle permanently in

another.

Electorates-

All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.

Raise Your Hand If...

Raise Your Hand If...

you have ever had a pet
you have ever met someone from a
different country
you have ever traveled outside Texas
you have ever gone outside the US

Raise Your Hand If...

you have ever known someone in
the army
you have ever seen a fight
you have ever seen a gun
you have ever been in immediate
danger because of war

Background of Ireland

Ireland
The Split of Ireland:
In 1921 Ireland was split into Northern
Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland governed by Protestant
British, and liked the British
Republic of Ireland was mainly Catholic and
was opposed to the British

Ireland

Ireland splits up into Northern Ireland and the

Republic of Ireland

Seamus Heaney- a poet

The Protestant who shot me through the head
I accuse directly, but indirectly, you
who now atone perhaps upon this bed
for the way you whitewashed ugliness and drew
the lovely blinds of the Purgatorio
and saccharined my death with morning dew.
"Be advised my passport's green.
No glass of ours was ever raised
to toast the Queen."
Untitled- Written in 1982

Station Island- Written in 1984

Purgatorio- represents the ascent to heaven, and is the second book
in Dante's Divine Comedy
Saccharined- refers to the term saccharine which means
excessively sweet or sentimental

The Start of The Troubles

1968/1969

1968 & 1969

Beatles had their last live performance
Super Bowl III had just happened
Apollo 9, 10, and 11
Vietnam War was going on
British troops intervene militarily in
Northern Ireland

Discrimination Against Catholics

Catholics faced discrimination because:
Only 28% of the population was Catholic
Oliver Cromwells military campaign in 1649
which attempted to kill and humiliate as
many Catholic figureheads as possible

Northern Ireland Civil Rights

Association
The NICRA was an organization which campaigned for
civil rights in Northern Ireland. They were supported by the
IRA (Irish Republican Army), a group that would
eventually split up and cause underlying disturbances in
the Troubles.

NICRA Marches

NICRA
The NICRA was invited to march on the 5th
of October in Londonderry (1968). However,
another group said that they were going to
march on the same route, on the same day. In
response, the government set out specific plans
on where they could march.

Plans Gone Wrong

The marchers had already planned to go
down Duke street however, and when they
attempted to go that way, policemen were there
to block their way, leading to violence where a
peaceful march should have taken place.

The March Turns to Madness

Major Events of
The Troubles

Major Events
November 1688: Glorious Revolution- Replaced the reigning
king, James II, with protestant powers.
-Known as the Glorious Revolution because it was completely
bloodless.
July 1st 1690 : Battle of the boyne.On the river, Boyne, William's
army defeated Catholic James VII with the help of Ulster Protestants
that would later become known as Orangemen. The event is still
commemorated today. Every July 12th the Orangemen march
through Ulster to mark the defeat of Catholic James II at this battle.

Major Events
August 14th 1969: British Army first deployed
onto streets of Northern Ireland
January 1972: Bloody Sunday. 14 priests were shot and
killed by British paratroops. This caused immediate
violence and the Britain commanding direct rule over
Northern Ireland.
1973: The first political attempt to end
violence. this created equal powers for the
unionist and the nationalists.

1981: Death of Bobby Sands (first

IRA hunger striker to die), huge
surge in support for Sinn Fein, the
IRAs political wing

Major Events
The Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985

The Good Friday

Agreement was
extremely difficult to
come to, but ended
the violence of The
Troubles.

Effects of The Troubles

Effects of the Troubles

Over 3600 people died in the conflicts
between 1969-2000, and thousands more
were injured
The 2 dominant parties ended up getting their
own electorates
Many emigrated to other countries to escape
the danger

Walk in Someone Elses Shoes

Choose a perspective of someone involved in
The Troubles to write a half page on. You will
have about 15 minutes.
The perspective could be a person who
marched with the NICRA, a person who knew
someone killed, someone in the government, or
anything else you can think of.

In The Name of the Father

Irish unionists often treated unjustly
Accused of crimes they did not commit by
British rule
Based on a true story-- this clip represents a great victory
won by the Irish:

Exit Ticket
Choose one to write about (3-5 sentences)
How did Seamus Heaney use his poems to show what he
thought?
Write a response to the film clip we watched and what it
shows about political problems.
Give a short summary of The Troubles.

Sources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/troubles
http://www.worldinanutshell.com/Ireland.htm
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/30/seamus-heaney