United Ireland

At the end of the rainbow, there lies a pot of gold called Ireland. Ireland is a European country thought to be full of luck, but instead it is a country rebuilding its economic identity from a devastating tragedy. This country is a land of kindness, tradition, tenacity, and ineffable beauty. Ireland is the pot of gold in this world with a royal history, a firm government, a reviving economy, a verdurous geography, ancient landmarks, and a wide variety of culture with competitive sports, extraordinary

tries to present different ideas in order to change the situation of Ireland. Through his proposal, he is able to get his point across. He wrote this essay to show how undeveloped and bad the state of Ireland is and the social classes. In “A Modest Proposal”, Swift effectively uses insincerity, sarcasm, and rhetorical exaggeration to reveal his annoyance of politicians, papists, and overall citizens of poverty-stricken Ireland in the late seventeenth century. The purpose of his argument is to raise

“Sunday Bloody Sunday,” written by U2, suggests that the only valid response to the violence that occurred in Northern Ireland in the 1970s is condemnation. The writers not only condemn the brutality of that time, but, in a broader sense, condemn violence as a whole, showing that there are no positive outcomes to violence, only more violence. Therefore, people must rise up, united against the violence that exists in this world today. An important aspect that is important to understand, regarding the

families. The people of Ireland at this time were so dependent upon the potato that it was a main staple. The Irish would consume the potato with almost every meal, and for some the potato was the only food that they were ever able to eat. The famine was produced by a protist called Phytophthora infestans (P. Infestans), when it was introduced from central highlands of Mexico. The potato blight originated from Mexico, and then spread to America. Since Britain and Ireland did many trades with America

music is an extremely important aspect of life. The Celts had a variety of instruments and holidays that they would play songs of joy and fun. Often times they would call this music, Folk Music as it was mostly among the people of the nations of Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Continue for 2-3 sentences. In Celtic culture several instruments were commonly used centuries ago in taverns and inns. The lute is an ancient stringed instrument that is used very often in Traditional Celtic Folk Music. It has

A proposal is a proposal no matter what the content contains. Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”, is anything but modest. He is making an effort to receive the attention of the citizens of Ireland. During 1729, most people are ignoring the fact that their country is suffering economically. In order to receive their undivided attention, Swift proposes that every child be sold for feeding purposes. As I began to read Swift’s proposal, I thought to myself how it was such a horrid idea. How can one

musicality. The word ,"Jig" originated from the French word, giguer, which means ‘to jump’.The Jig was popularly performed as a unique form of dance entertainment throughout England; commonly the Jig has a history of being displayed in many English plays. Ireland and Scotland took the Jig under their wing in the seventeenth century, where now the Jig plays a major part in these countries ' performance culture. The Jig includes many different formalities of the dance, such as the Slip Jig, Treble Jig, Light

Debates from the House of Commons1, newspapers such as the Irish Independent, the Gaelic Athlete, the Dublin Daily Express and the Times will be important for obtaining not only the national view within Ireland but across the United Kingdom. Minutes from the meetings of Dublin GAA as well as the GAA's Central Council will play an integral role in this thesis as they will give an insight into the GAA in Dublin as well as nationally and from these a greater understanding

and nineteenth century. This illness obliterated the majority of the potato edits in Ireland until 1849. Additionally, in the 1840's Ireland was in destitution. The British had control over their nation and the general population were excessively poor, making it impossible to eat, pay lease or pay charges. In Ireland, Irish ranchers kept on sending out grain, meat and different nourishments to Great

In 1845 a disease reached Ireland from continental Europe via England. Between 1846 and 1849 the Irish potato crop failed three seasons out of four. By 1849 the worst was over. But the distressing nightmare of those 6 years 1845‐51 had created radical and long-term changes on the Irish society. The greatest change was the decline of the population and this was due to deaths from hunger and disease and emigration. The famine was a watershed in the history of Ireland. Its effects permanently changed