Republic of Ireland

How significant were the nationalist leaders in changing the relationship between Great Britain and Ireland in the period 1815-1922? Robert Pearce cites the work of ‘outstanding nationalist leaders joining together to oppose the tyranny of England and compelling her to retreat and abandon most of Ireland’. Whilst O’Connell campaigned for the emancipation of Catholics, uniting them and bringing about political advancement, his significance is questionable; after 1840 he had failed to bring about

Nano Nagle was born in 1718, Country Cork, Republic of Ireland and died on April 26, 1784. Nano Nagle founded the Presentation Sister of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ireland and was also a pioneer of Catholic education in Ireland. In this essay I will give an overview of the life of Nano Nagle, the significant events, her achievements and sacrifices and the hardships Nano endured. I will also discuss how Nano Nagle responded to the needs of the faithful and how the key messages of Nagle, inspired and

Executive Summary The purpose of this policy paper is to address the egregious violation of rights that Ireland has submitted it’s citizens to by outlawing abortion procedures. This proposal calls primarily for a decriminalization of abortion and for the government to examine the religiosity of both Ireland’s political administration and the cultural view of abortion. The 2013 Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act fails to protect the maternal health of woman and is failing due to the vagueness

Ireland Starves and Lives to Tell: The Effects of the Great Potato Famine “It must be understood that we cannot feed the people” (Kinealy Calamity 75). The mid 1800s in Ireland were characterized by extreme poverty, death, and emigration. The Great Potato Famine, also known as “The Great Hunger,” first hit in 1845; however, its effects lasted into the 1850s and can still be seen today. Prior to the famine, Irish manufacture and trade was controlled and suppressed by British government

Difficulties of Implementing the Good Friday Agreement The Good Friday Agreement was voted on by a relatively large turnout of 68.8% in 1998 and was rejected by a significant 29% of people in Northern Ireland. For the past six years it has proved to be difficult to implement and there are a number of reasons for this. The emphasis on issues raised in the agreement has changed over the years and some are proving to be more difficult to implement

agricultural production halved, leaving many people to rationing their food. This all meant terrible news for Europe’s global influence and power leading to the emergence of two huge superpowers the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. This is what gave birth to the European Union, an idea conceived by Jean Monnet. The European Union is set up with the aim of ending the wars between neighbors, which culminated in the Second World War. In particular France and Germany who had

In A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, a solution to a problem that Ireland had in the late 1720s was explored. Jonathan Swift did not hold back on his use of verbal irony and satire language. Swift proposed that in order to fix the years of poor harvests Ireland faced in the 1720s, children should be seen on the same level as the animals and plants consumed at this time. A Modest Proposal would shock any individual if one did not recognize the irony in Swift's writing. I will admit, I was greatly

In United Kingdom (excepting Northern Ireland), with deep roots in Protestanism, the society is generally accepting towards the right of the woman to not to give birth to the child with slight resistance from some circles and groups, while in Ireland, incorporating Catholic religious background, it is being hotly debated and the society is more tending towards religion; historically the people

This enables them to offer products at an affordable price, without compromising on quality. Weakness Lack of scale In terms of operational scale, Musgrave suffers a competitive disadvantage with only operations in Ireland, Northern Ireland and a small fraction in Spain. They are competing with the Big retail brands in the Industry such as Tesco, Lidl and Aldi who dominates the sector globally on a larger scale therefore it gives them more of a purchasing and bargaining power

return for maintaining their position within the United Kingdom. The home rule issue would dominate Irish politics for nearly 50 years until 1919, when extremist nationals would attain control of local governments and officially declare the Irish Republic (Campbell 624-630.) The Irish revolution is commonly attributed to pre nationalistic revolutionary ideas of intolerance, economic propensity towards independence and foreign oppressment creating unity, this is a misplaced assumption though as the