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interpret historical events and their impact on the present situation in Northern Ireland. This
requires a deep understanding of cause-and-effect relationships.
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In 1972 the British government tried harder than ever to put a stop to the crisis in Northern Ireland.
The male is a Catholic and symbolises the whole Catholic Church. New evidence was discovered
that made it seem unlikely that three of the dead had been handling weapons, which was the theory.
The most commonly taught are French, German and Spanish, but some schools also offer languages
like Mandarin and Japanese. Unfortunately Source B is not very strong as we don’t know the original
context it was in. Why did a civil rights movement start in Northern Ireland in the 1960s? National
Symbols. National Day: St. Patricks Day 17th March National Plant: shamrock National color: green
National anthem: Londonderry Air. This source is strong, reliable evidence showing that employers
are free to discriminate against Catholic employees in times of depression. To help you make up your
mind, ask your teachers about subjects that you might be interested in but haven’t taken yet, so they
can explain what will be taught on the course. The churches refused to accept the idea of mixed
schooling. Violence and resentment were turned more and more towards the British and this resulted
in many British civilian deaths. The two boards will continue to offer A-Level courses in Northern
Ireland. He kicks with the wrong foot.” Now although this shows clear discrimination against
Catholics in sports: Protestant Linfield scouts would find a problem with any player no matter how
good they were on the basis that they were catholic. If the Orange Order were allowed to march
down that road then all of the old anger would flare up again and almost certainly end in violence. In
the 17 th Century British settlers brought the Protestant religion to Ireland. When the police tried to
remove the barricade set up on Rossville Street, the riot turned into a battle. Radio messages also
seemed to imply that some soldiers had been shooting from the Derry Walls. During a march they
were stopped from entering a traditionally Catholic neighbourhood was the reason the other marches
and riots started. Partition created a large nationalist Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, this
minority felt isolated in the new state when it was first formed. After the partition of Ireland in 1921
the British remained in control of the North and the Unionist politicians discriminated against
Catholics who continued to resist leading to the crisis in 1968-72. The second part of Power Sharing
was that the main parties in the Assembly were represented by a Power Sharing Executive, and
would guarantee a share of power between the Unionist and Nationalists. This is probably to
represent how religion influenced politics and everyone else but tried to stay out of the rest of their
daily affairs. Video Moment giant Antarctica drone takes off Why are so many US Congressmen
heading for Taiwan. What problems need to be overcome if the current peace initiative is to succeed.
Bloody Sunday provoked more hatred from the Nationalists than any other event mentioned above.
This frequently resulted in violence, especially in 1969 when the violence led to The Battle of the
Bogside, consequentially creating more demand for peace and the objectives of the Civil Rights
movement in Derry. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects account
for 43% of all GCSE entries in Northern Ireland, with an increase of 2.4% on the previous year. This
source is the most reliable out of all the sources I have examined because it is pure statistics. Tommy
Kirkham, a spokesman for a political group representing the loyalist Ulster Defence Association said
“they are easy to put up but very, very hard to take down. Before you know the whole of Ireland was
involved and taking sides and on a march.
This is probably to represent how children wanted to join paramilitary organisations as they probably
thought they could achieve what others couldn’t through violence. With the country in chaos and the
paramilitaries with the upper hand, O’Neill finally resigned on 28 th April 1969. The non-exam
assessment is worth 20% of the total mark for GCSE computer science. Unionist leaders were also
deeply suspicious of socialism. He alienates Catholics by patronising them and saying that their
situation could be improved if they became more like Protestants. Initial Reaction of British
Government to Violence in Northern Ireland. Catholics felt that his compromises were not radical
enough, and the Protestant majority felt that they were too radical. Both Catholics and Protestants
disagreed with this idea. A technical subject such as Design and Technology, Food Technology, or
Computer Science. They then moved in and began to beat the marchers with iron bars and sticks.
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. But by 1649 the English Civil War was
over and Oliver Cromwell was sent to Ireland to stop the rebellion and the Catholic rebels, he did
this very harshly cruelly killing both Catholic men and women. Most of the paramilitary groups have
agreed to stop fighting each other. T'Challa: Most students will take a minimum of five GCSEs
including the compulsory subjects of Maths and English Language. Source B, which is a reliable
source as it is based upon the census, states “unemployment is experienced at a much higher level by
Roman Catholics than by Protestants” and “industries which had the highest weekly wage in 1971”
were “predominantly Protestant”. The new grading scheme is being brought in alongside a new
GCSE curriculum in England. 9 is the highest grade, while 1 is the lowest, not including a U
(ungraded). This could mean that there was no running water coming to the house. In the 3 years
prior to Bloody Sunday 210 were killed in troubles. But after a while it began to show that this like
many of the other attempts at peace would also result in more violence and killings. Northern Ireland
is largely self-governing and co-operates with the rest of Ireland. This caused great tension, so
William Whitelaw came up with Power Sharing. More on this story Take the test: Try our GCSE quiz
Published 23 August 2018 GCSEs: How do the new 9-1 grades work. Catholics in rural Ireland
became poor tenant farmers and many died in the great famine of 1845-9. Watch the video below for
five things you need to know when you choose your options in Northern Ireland. In England, pupils
beginning GCSEs in September will move to a numerical results system, where nine is the highest
grade and one the lowest. A civil war resulted as angry catholic nationalists fought against the British
army in their quest for freedom for all 32 countries as elections in the form of referendum were
promised throughout the 32 countries but were never held. The Dublin government welcomed Direct
Rule and called for an IRA ceasefire. The photo shows a man and a child in what seems to be a
garden of a small stone house. The man has his hands in his pockets and the expression on his face is
neither happy nor sad. What he put in his report after the Enquiry was that that the army were just
doing there job although he did put that some of the soldiers were being wreck less and some were
being respectful soldiers but there was on big flaw with this Report and that was how did he collect
all his evidence and interviewed people in just 11 weeks.
War soon broke out. A year later in 1689 James’s army laid siege to the city of Londonderry, in
Ulster, and trapped over 35,000 protestants. Ofqual announced they were considering the move in
November 2017 and launched a consultation on their plans. They were not told about the IRA’s “no
shooting” promise. This physical division still exists and therefore this is a short term factor of the
conflict. This article also states that the peace lines were a bad idea. When the English soldiers
captured the garrison town of Drogheda they ran wild and killed nearly 3000 people including 200
women. After 1920 in the south, Northern Ireland had no right to exist, they were going to be proper
Catholics; they also did not want a king so they replaced him with a president. In terms of popularity
the most successful course in the last academic year, by far, was Christian Ethics followed in second
and third spots by the units on textual studies - Mark and Matthew respectively. From Source A I can
infer that due to the employment discrimination they suffered, Catholics faced many disadvantages
in Northern Ireland. To answer the question we must look at both long and short term evidence, most
of the sources are long term however, the last two are not. The IRA was so enraged at the killing of
the Catholic marchers, that they began a bombing campaign against the British troops who they had
once welcomed into the country. Since then, Catholics have found it more difficult to live, and get
jobs than Protestants do in Northern Ireland. However, in 1981 parents set up a few mixed schools
across Northern Ireland, with an attempt to show both religions can live in racial harmony. Northern
Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. James Connolly’s
Citizen Army and about 1200 IRB volunteers marched into the center of Dublin and took over
various strategic positions, such as many train stations, the College of Surgeons, and the GPO. It
isn’t accurate because things have most probably changed between one hundred years, although,
there could have been things that happened in the nineteenth century that have lead to reasons for
why the troubles broke out. The most significant changes are in English language, Welsh language
and mathematics. An arts subject like Music, Drama, Art and Design, or Media Studies. They were
afraid that in a United Ireland Catholics would outvote them and they would lose control over the
education of their children. This meant that their was an unfair distribution of power to the Protestant
minority and extreme anti-Catholic discrimination; council houses and more favourable jobs always
went to Protestants and the Mayor was always Protestant. The source is also very useful as it was
taken at the correct time and shows why the Catholic people were so scared of the Protestant Police.
It says “The membership was politically varied” and included “members of the Northern Ireland and
liberal parties” Source M also says “it has been the policy of the association to refuse to permit the
display of provocative symbols and banners, in particular the Republican tricolour” which the IRA
surely would have allowed if they had been solely in charge. The Easter Rising is when a group of
about 1000 to 1500 Irish men and women attempted to seize Dublin. Video Moment giant Antarctica
drone takes off Why are so many US Congressmen heading for Taiwan. A reason for the anger and
protest is mainly the Widgery report. You might pick an art based subject like Drama, a humanities
subject like Geography or a Modern Foreign Language. This in turn finally gave the Catholics an
excuse to re-establish the IRA in order to defend themselves from the RUC and B-Specials. Terrible
acts of terrorism have taken place over many years in Northern Ireland and in Britain. Some of the
many other “triggers” which started the riots and acts of terrorism that ran on well into the 90’s were
the Burntollet Bridge incident in which The People's Democracy March left Belfast on 1 January and
arrived in Londonderry on 4 January 1969. What happened next is hazy, but the official military
report says that the soldiers were fired on and returned with a salvo of their own.
You can have fun choosing your other subjects, the choices are different in every school, but you
may have the option to choose: A modern foreign language. Northern Ireland. Autorem materialu a
vsech jeho casti, neni-li uvedeno jinak, je Mgr. The Belfast government suspended the councils and
appointed a running of all services and functions of the councils. However, many of the marches
were successful, and O’Neill, the Prime Minister, was forced to make some compromises on the
Catholic’s behalf, such as abolishing Gerry Mandering, allowing Catholic seats in the Northern Irish
government and commissioning an enquiry into the behaviour of the RUC and B-Specials. Firstly,
there was to be a “new” Assembly to govern Northern Ireland. They turned to the movement, which
was predominantly Catholic, for a sense of safety. From my knowledge of Irish history, this was not
true. Next time we see you, it will be the last rites, as you call them, that you'll need. The building
behind him looks very old and worn down, it is built of stone and cement and has a corrugated most
probably tin roof. They also disliked the fact that the army put up with the stone throwing and abuse.
King Henry decided to call himself the ”king of Ireland” because he wanted more power and then he
told his chieftains that they had to obey him. The Easter rising 1916, The deployment of British
troops in Northern Irelan. Some eye witnesses say McDaid was still alive at this time. Whether this
rate of increase will continue remains to be seen, but it is fair to say that these statistics as a whole
indicate some interesting changes in the content being delivered through RE in recent years. If they
gave the Home Rule to Ireland then the Protestants would feel that they had been betrayed and if
they didn’t introduce Home Rule then the Catholics would be angered. Decisions about the running
of Northern Ireland would now be made from London. Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein had series
of meetings with John Hume of the SDLP This was an attempt to end the killing. Protestants and the
Catholics were competing against each other as well as for jobs and trade. The civil rights movement
had a large impact one the history of conflict in Northern Ireland. This was basically a resurrection of
the Stormont Parliament, which was scrapped in March 1972 in favour of Direct Rule. Why did a
civil rights movement start in Northern Ireland in the 1960s? We can tell he is a priest as he is
wearing a dog collar and holding a book which is a bible in all likelihood. The English-based boards
dropped the 'speaking and listening' element of the exam, but it was retained by Northern Ireland.
They were afraid that in a United Ireland Catholics would outvote them and they would lose control
over the education of their children. Ever since 1922 the Dublin government have tried really hard
not to pass laws that Catholic priests disliked. Members of the public and media could hear the
evidence being given but could not see the witness while this was done. What's next? Once you've
chosen your options, you'll usually have two years to work toward your exams and assessments. The
British army was sent in to try to keep the peace but it failed to do so. Resentment and Anger
towards Britain would grow in the Irish Nationalists from their early childhood, as their parents
would tell stories of how the British killed their relatives and took away their land and livelihoods.
The IRA could therefore use the NICRA to gain support from the people who were being
discriminated against in Northern Ireland, but this does not prove that they were behind the
movement.
Michael Farrell, a member of NICRA, says that “there was a number of Republicans and the
proportion of them varied from time to time, but they never dominated it.” When he refers to
Republicans he is referring to supporters of a political party rather than the IRA. Some will see this
as an opportunity for positive change, to widen the scope of the subject and to bring KS4 into line
with KS3, where the study of two religions other than Christianity is compulsory, but others (a
majority, I suspect) may be less enthusiastic and argue for a singular focus on Christianity to remain,
and the study of more than one religion to be optional. Tommy Kirkham, a spokesman for a political
group representing the loyalist Ulster Defence Association said “they are easy to put up but very,
very hard to take down. Your GP can let you know what support is available to you, suggest different
types of treatment and offer regular check-ups to see how you’re doing. That material included new
eyewitness accounts, new interpretation of ballistic material and new medical evidence. Who are
we?. Serco is a global 100 FSTE public services company with 50 percent of business outside of the
UK. The English settlers were Protestant, but the people of Ireland were devout Catholics. Some
schools require you to take a modern foreign language, so check with your teachers whether these
are part of your options or compulsory. William was James’s son-in-law but unlike James, William
was protestant and in 1690 William took his armies to Ireland to fight James and his Catholic allies.
Sinn Fein Leaders, Adams and McGuiness, were convincing the Provisional IRA to ceasefire so they
could reach a deal for them. It was taken in the 1960s but the conditions look pre-WW1. Your school
may also offer a work-based course like a BTEC in Travel and Tourism or a GCSE in Construction.
The Irish MP’s who believed this, were called the”Home rule party”. This caused great resentment
and anger in Ireland as they felt the rest of Britain did not do enough to help them when they most
needed it. You can have fun choosing your other subjects, the choices are different in every school,
but you may have the option to choose: A modern foreign language. It isn’t accurate because things
have most probably changed between one hundred years, although, there could have been things that
happened in the nineteenth century that have lead to reasons for why the troubles broke out. Initial
Reaction of British Government to Violence in Northern Ireland. A reason for the anger and protest
is mainly the Widgery report. You can tell a friend, parent, guardian, teacher, or another trusted adult.
The nationalists were enraged by the suspension of the Home Rule Bill during World War 1, so on
Easter Monday, April 24 they rose up in rebellion. The proportion of entries from boys achieving
those grades was 76.9%. There was also a significant rise of almost 5% in the number of girls taking
science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) related subjects. Sources A, B, C and E all show
the problems Catholics had in employment (the worker in the cartoon). Certainly, the experience of
GCSE RE for a large group of young people in 2014 is significantly different from their counterparts
who sat the former qualification in 2004 which was based around the Core Syllabus areas of
learning: the Revelation of God, the Christian Church and Christian Morality. However Ireland
stayed a country that was ruled by Roman Catholics. In the pre-march briefing they had been
warned that the IRA was likely to take advantage of the march. Even the workplaces were often
more Protestant or more Catholic. More on this story Concern over changes to GCSE grading
Published 23 September 2015 NI GCSE results outperform GB pupils Published 20 August 2015
GCSE passes up, but top grades down Published 20 August 2015 GCSE results stay the same in
Wales Published 20 August 2015 GCSEs: Where are we up to with all the changes. If you change
your mind, it’s sometimes possible to change courses, if it works with your timetable. She is going in
a different direction to the paramilitary man but her child is trying to follow him. Where can I find
help choosing my GCSE or Nationals options.

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