Contents
1 Introduction
2 Country
3 Map of Ireland
4 Economy
5 Actual political groups in Northern Ireland
5.1. Unionists
5.2. Nationalists
6 Historical background
6.1. First settlements
6.2. St. Patrick
6.3. The Vikings
6.4. The Normans
6.5. The “Plantations” of English and Scottish
6.6. Elizabethan wars
6.7. The Battle of Boyne
6.8. The Great famine
6.9. The Fenians
6.10. Easter Rising 1916
7 The Northern Ireland conflict
7.1. The Birth of the conflict
7.2. Bloody Sunday
7.3. Bloody Friday
7.4. The hunger strikes
7.5. The Good Friday Agreement
7.6. The long “peace”
8 Sources
1. Introduction “Die Presse”, Friday 7th of April 2006
“Despite the murdering of a British agent in Ireland one week ago the English Premier Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern are talking about a new plan for peace in Northern Ireland. They tried to make clear for the arguing parties, that this would be their last chance. If......
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