Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been…
Specifikacia Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict - Catholic against Protestant, Republican against Unionist. For many years, this appeared to be an intractable conflict with no pathway out. The traumas of violence in the Northern Ireland Troubles have cast a long shadow.
When in the 1990s and early 21st century, peace was painfully built, it brought together unlikely rivals, making Northern Ireland a model for conflict resolution internationally.But disagreement about the future of the province remains, and for the first time in decades one can now seriously speak of a democratic end to the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain as a Mass mobilisations of people and dramatic political crises punctuated a seemingly endless succession of bloodshed.