The Guests Of A Nation

Another post-colonial issue seen in the text was the issue of power dynamics. Being a colony of a powerful empire, the colonized are subjects of the colonizers. Because of rising tensions between the colonized and the colonizers, both are struggling to gain power and influence over the people. The IRA, being the colonized, prevents the colonizers from gaining any more power in their land. The colonizers, on the other hand, lose its influence and power over the colonized as the people became more aware and active in the independence movement. The independence movement in Ireland started in the 1920s, a period when the British Empire was starting to fall apart. The conflict between the two warring factions had resulted into a bloodbath since the start of their resistance to the colonizers. Because of the hatred against the colonizers, the oppressed colonized people fought back in order to remove them physically and mentally out of their land. The power struggle between the two belligerent nations had disrupted peace in the country, which resulted to many innocent deaths. This is evident in the text when the resistance fighters and the colonizers are fighting "with their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs and their guns" (O’Riordan). War for power and influence had made Ireland into a dangerous society where its people use force as a means of expressing their sentiments against colonial rule. Issues in

In Frank O’Conner’s “Guests of the Nation” the two Englishmen are well liked by all they meet and make some unlikely friends. The Englishmen and Irish soldiers call each other by nicknames, the “cranky” old woman reacts to the Englishmen in a nice way, and the Second Battalion treats the Englishmen as friends and invites them to fun events (170). Although all these characters are supposed enemies to the Englishmen due to the war, Belcher and Hawkins find a way to befriend everyone.

The group of Catholics guerrillas are the ones who want to force the British out of their little town Ulster many where slider but they pushed on and they win their little town back from the british forces. The British soldiers was still trying to keep control of Ireland though they need food and resources but the Irish Republican Army would not let them get them because the irish people was to strong. They also learned how to farm better and to produce more for so that they would not have to rely on the british no longer and also better sustain their self without needing other countries help. The group of Catholics guerrillas have since planted several small bombs in both the province and they have also and mainland Britain

Throughout my research into the subject of the Irish in England's industrial north during the early nineteenth century, one fact became quite clear; contemporary writers' treatment of the Irish was both minimal and negative. I consulted many sources, Friedrich Engels, Leon Faucher, James Kay-Shuttleworth to name but a few and the reoccurring theme as pertaining to the Irish in all these works was mainly consistent; the Irish were a lazy, vulgar people prone to drinking and brawling.

The Beliefs of the Republicans/Nationalists and the Loyalists/Unionists There are a number of differences between Nationalists and Unionists and their beliefs. The Nationalists are predominantly Catholic and they do not want Ireland to be part of Britain. They see the British as an occupying army and most believe that the British have no right to be in Ireland, they think it's unfair that the British came into Ireland in the 1600s and have stayed there. They feel angry about how the British have persecuted the Catholics in the past, and they believe that they still don't get treated as well as the Unionists. They campaign for equal rights in different areas, especially housing and jobs.

The Anglo-Irish relationship is one that has been filled with tension for over three hundred years. Beginning in the 1600s, English Protestants, supported by their government, settled in large numbers in Ireland and began to systematically dis-enfranchise the native population. Through land ownership and legal discrimination, the Irish lived as sub-citizens in their own country; this mistreatment by the British culminated in the Great Famine of 1845, which created the atmosphere of ant-imperial nationalism, which laid the groundwork for the troubles.

Irish famine or better know the great famine swept across the lives of many families and workers. Ireland which was close to Great Britain had a great pack together called the union act. Representation they do have on a local basis and in parliament comes out of landowners. These landowner represent the connection Ireland has with

All ethnic groups who came to the United States went through hardships. This went against the desire of having a better life. The Irish and the Japanese have suffered in similar ways since first stepping on American soil: They were competing against other ethnic groups for jobs and places to live.

Ireland’s long term suffering from British oppression built the foundations for anti-British hostility and the mass discontent sparked the Easter Rebellion of 1916. The Battle of the Boyne 1690 was a pivotal event in Irish history, facilitating Protestant ascendancy in Catholic

Many of the Irish were persistent with their movement, continuing to urge for their independence during the 1800s. In between 1916 and 1921, Ireland and the United Kingdom formally separated into two areas, as a result of the Rebellion. Six northeastern countries then stayed part of the United Kingdom, while the rest of Ireland, under British supervision, turned into a free state. During 1949, this free state was named the Republic of Ireland and had officially declared their long awaited independence. Although, there was a division made between Northern Ireland and the rest of it, both Catholic and Protestant extremists have attempted to take authority of Northern Ireland. British troops were eventually sent to Northern Ireland as an effect and then caused discontent to raise, yet again. It wasn’t until 1994 that representatives began to hold peace talks along and taking steps towards having a solution of the issues that started in the

When the first plantations in Ireland brought new English Protestants to Ireland in 1556, the Norman Catholics became the “Old English” and the new arrivals became the “New English” . A third group also made up Ireland and that was of course the native Irish who, like the “Old English”, were also Catholic. However, there was no love lost between the “Old English” and the native Irish who had been at each other’s throats since the Normans arrival . This would all change though in

Ireland has many famous pieces of poetry that reflect the rich history of the country. Many of these classic poems were written during the period known as, “The Troubles” and during the events leading up to this period. Most notably, the several failed uprisings against the British and World War I. Ireland has a history of being divided about who should rule the country. The division can be divided into two groups, one group being the Unionists and, the other being the Nationalists. These two groups are extremely different in viewpoints regarding religion and most notably opposing views on government issues. In fact, the two groups views on government issues is what gives each group its name. The Unionists believe in having a union with Great Britain while, the Nationalists believe in one united Ireland without British interference. These two viewpoints have representation in classic Irish poetry as well as the events which brought this division amongst the people.

The Troubles of Northern Ireland has a long history. King Henry VIII brought Ireland under British rule during the ninth century. Some hundred years later, King James I sent settlers to the northern part of Ireland, Ulster. Those settlers were protestants, while most of the Irish were catholics. During the years, the tension between these two religious groups led to the division of Ireland. This happened in the start of the 1920s. Most of Ireland was now free from British rule, while Ulster stayed. This was because most of the people who lived there had British ancestors.

Well, for starters let’s go with everyday families that argue over the most ridiculous things. People are in a car listening to music and they start talking about a specific song that just played through. One of the passengers tells the driver that in a different state, what the song was saying would be considered bad or frowned upon because it’s not the way that the culture there has been set up traditionally. The driver interrupts the passenger and says that the song was talking about everyday life and that there’s nothing bad about it, life still goes on. The passenger already knows that and tells the driver the point that they were saying; then the driver says that they were wrong about the song then. And the whole argument continues until the driver decides to stop talking and pressing the matter when, metaphorically the horse was already dead and he needs to stop beating it even more for nothing.

The Distant Past is a short story, wrote by William Trevor, addresses the interweaving of the past and present. At first in the story, it seems as if the past tensions between the British and Irish have evaporated and happening a good cultural encounter but later in the story, this assumption proves to be untrue. It depicts the lives of two descendants of the Protestant Middleton family and “Old Irish” inhabitants in a time of the Troubles in the 1970s. The story focuses on the conflict between the Irish-Catholic townspeople and the brother and sister of the Middleton Family, who are loyal to the Protestant British, and there were the main characters in this story. Conflicts between the two religions date back to the 12th century when