In the early 1800s life in Ireland wasn’t easy‚ Irish citizens got by day to day by farming and relying on the potato. The potato was their main source of food and money. With out the potato the Irish would have nothing. No one was prepared for what was about to happen in 1845‚ the beginning of the Great Irish Potato Famine. The Irish Potato Famine was the worst tragedy in the history of Ireland. The outcome of the famine would result in hundreds of thousands dead‚ an failure of the economy
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.2. The Revival of the Irish Language The Gaelic League was founded in the year 1893‚ a cultural movement whose aim was to promote and maintain the Irish language. By that time‚ Irish had become a minority language‚ spoken by no more than 15.2 per cent of the population of the whole of Ireland‚ or 19.2 per cent of the population of the area which was later to secede from the United Kingdom to become the Irish Free State. In 1911‚ those figures had declined to 13.3 per cent and 17.6 per cent respectively
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Thomas Jefferson gained the presidency in the election of 1800. The election and subsequent shift in the government control was dubbed the “the Revolution of 1800.” It signaled the inundation of the Democratic Republican ideals in the Presidency and Congress in contrast to the Federalist ideals of the Adam’s administration. The election of 1800 was a revolutionary election for it significantly altered economics by resulting in lowering and removing taxes like the Whiskey Tax and government expenditures
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"Endangered Masculinities in Irish Poetry" examines the dynamic response of early modern Ireland’s hereditary bardic professional poets to impinging colonial change. Having for generations validated the power of their patrons‚ policed communal norms and acted as self-conscious cultural custodians‚ these elite master-poets were both professionally obligated and personally motivated to defend both their community and their own way of life from renewed English aggression in the sixteenth century. Endangered
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THE CONTROVERSY OF GLOBISH AND ITS IMPACT AS A POTENTIAL WORLD LANGUAGE Meghan McCutcheon Concordia University Abstract This paper explains the current arguments surrounding the use of an impending world language. Four different sources are used throughout the paper as a means to better explain the notion of Jean-Paul Nerrière’s brainchild of ‘Globish’ as a front-runner for the use of a world language. These sources differ somewhat of their interpretation of ‘Globish’
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famine of Ireland between 1845 and 1852. It will look at the political ideology that inspired the public relief works and how they failed to offer relief from starvation‚ but instead focused on bringing about social change inspired by largely an anti-Irish sentiment. It will also examine the role of the soup kitchen’s that were set up to attack famine conditions directly and how this represented and exposed the Governments lies that they in fact could have done more to prevent the deaths of so many.
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low genetic variation are more vulnerable to changing environmental conditions than are diverse populations. The Irish potato clones were certainly low on genetic variation‚ so when the environment changed and a potato disease swept through the country in the 1840s‚ the potatoes (and the people who depended upon them) were devastated.Thesis: The Irish Potato Famine devastated the Irish population and economy as well as sowing the seeds of rebellion against England. 1st Point: Ireland dependent
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Irish Dramatic Movement History England’s role in Ireland prior to this had dated back to the 12th century conquest of Ireland. Henry VIII took the title of "King of Ireland" in 1541. England’s role in Ireland has been contested ever since. When Charles II assumed the English throne in 1660‚ any Catholics who had lost their property through eviction were not able to reclaim it. James II followed on the throne‚ but fled to Ireland when William of Orange and his wife‚ protestant Mary Stuart‚ were
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The United States During the nineteenth century a large number of Irish Catholics immigrated to America in hope of escaping The Great Famine‚ as well as the persecution imposed by the British Penal Laws. The incredibly dangerous journey from Ireland to Ellis Island foreshadowed the hardships that were to come for the Irish. Con artists recognized the overwhelming challenges the Irish faced and capitalized on their naivety. Many Irish were duped into living in overpriced tenement housing with unbearable
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Revolution of 1800 In November 1800‚ a bloodless revolution began as the election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson took place. This election caused a significant change in government as Federalist‚ John Adams‚ would be replaced by Thomas Jefferson‚ a Democratic-Republican. There was an opposition in foreign policies‚ as both parties had opposite ideas on the topic. To a great extent‚ the election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was properly named “The Revolution of 1800” for its change
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