Factfiles Ireland

Carlos Javier1 .
Universidad Atónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa CDMX.

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 Index

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St Patrick, the Church, and the Vikings.
The English come to Ireland.
The Great Hunger.

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 St Patrick, the Church, and the Vikings.

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 The English come to Ireland.

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 The Great Hunger.
Irish rebellion.
At the year of 1795 and 1798, influenced by french and american
revolution, an Irish group was responsible for the rebellion against the
British.

Figura: Battle of Vinegar Hill.

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 One country.
In 1801, The Act of union made Ireland and Britain one country.

Figura: Union flag.

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 Hunger begins.
West of Ireland.
They had very little money, and often they had only potatoes to eat.
In 1840 something killed the potatoes.

Figura: Irish family looking for potatoes.

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 Consequences of hunger.
Exodus.
Thousands of Irish died, and many more went on ships to America.
But hundreds of people died on the ships too.

Figura: Irish leaving Ireland.

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 Irish in America.

Every year on St Patricks Day, remember how Irish people died,

becase there was no food.

Figura: Irish goblin.

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 Irish language.
When these poor Irish died, the Irish language nearly died with them.
Only the poor people spoke Irish. In 1893 Irish writers said Irish is
the language of the Irish peolple.

Figura: Contrast between Gaelic and English.

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