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    and protestant wealthy English families remained in the Irish lands ruling and abusing the Irish catholic. Injustice was done by preventing the Irish from getting education and from holding higher positions. Being oppressed by the British the Irish remained with hunger and starvation. Swift in “A Modest Proposal”, described ironically the unfairness of the British government and the unkind paternities that was practiced toward the poor Irish children as being as burden to their parents or country

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    Oppression In Ireland

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    God. Mainly due to the evangelization of St. Patrick, the Irish people were devoutly Catholic while their English rulers followed a Protestant Church called the Anglican Church of England. Since the Anglican Church was so dominant in England, the Irish Catholics received very poor treatment from the Protestants in England causing things like the Irish Potato Famine and the Bloody Sunday and Bloody Friday massacres. However, the Irish people were by no means silent under this oppression, leading to

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    Irish Influence

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    The Irish were supposedly the largest group ever to migrate to the United States. Henceforth, today in the United States people of Irish ancestry exceed over forty three million people confined within the United States. What paved the way for the Irish immigrating to the United States was early medieval Christian church. The second was the Roman Catholic nobility. And the final was the potato famine, which was the greatest mass emigration ever. The first span and second span of immigration

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    Saint Patrick’s Confessio is a contemporary piece that was written in the fifth century. It is a first-hand account that was composed by Patrick towards the end of his life and it gives us an insight into Irish life in the fifth century. The Confessio was used by Patrick as a means to defend himself against criticism he was receiving from the British church. The British church was accusing Patrick of misdeeds and making unjust profits in Ireland. Patrick wrote the Confessio to respond to the comments

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    America As a Irish Immigrant ? Irish Immigrants came to America from poverty of Ireland to have to be treated bad and to live in harsh conditions. Early 1900s and late 1800s immigration living in America In the late 1800s and early 1900s Irish immigrants came to America very unprepared because they came from the Great Famine. The country they came from Ireland was lacking modern industry. In 1840 70,000 people from Ireland stormed Boston and New York. Living was hard for the Irish immigrant they

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    where America was well into the industrial revolution, it was also entering a different time period in our nation's history. It was the beginning of Irish Immigration. During this time, however, the immigration census was not what it was before when people first started coming to America. The population of immigrants was outnumbered by women. Irish women immigrated to America to start a new life, full of opportunities. Some women, however, experienced low points in their new found lives, while others

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    Stereotypes Of Ireland

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    he means the Irish people are driven by love and it shows through the history of the land. The people of Ireland are a strong people who are not afraid to be themselves. However they are often misunderstood. Many people believe that all Irish people have red hair, are drunks, and are Catholics, but these misconceptions are not always true. While some may say that all Irish people have red hair and fair skin, this thinking isn’t entirely true. In an article called, dispelling Irish stereotypes, it

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    Irish Diaspora and its Musical Consequences In 1845 Ireland was troubled with the devastating famine known as the Great Potato Famine, which ended up destroying 75 percent of all their potato crops and starving millions of people (Madding). In order to survive many were forced to move away in hopes of starting new. Many fled to Scotland, England, South America, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. The famine brought many changes to the Irish culture, people, and music as well as

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    begins to study Irish which, according to the book in the library, is the official language in the Republic of Ireland. After six months of learning the Irish language, he flies to Dublin and is thrilled to see signboards written in Irish, which Yu Ming is able to understand. However, his attempts to communicate with local people constantly fail as nobody understands Irish. Disappointed,

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    250: British Literary Tradition I Restoration Paper Instructor: Ashley Goulder December 3, 2014 Traditional Irish Recipes Dr. Jonathan Swifts ‘Modest Proposal’ implies that he has a grand idea to help and empower the down trotted Irish people while they adjust to their English rulers. The main idea of his proposal was, “for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public (Norton 2473)."

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