Northern Ireland has been plagued by bloody and virtually ceaseless violence for the better part of the last hundred years. The conflict in Northern Ireland is a combination of religious strife between Catholics and Protestants, nationalism versus colonialism, and a search for a true Irish identity ...

There are many terrorist groups through out the world. There are few, if any however, that are as old as the Irish Republican Army. The IRA is most likely the oldest terrorist organization in the world today. The Irish Republican Army fights for Ireland's independence from the United Kingdom of ...

The history of Ireland is one that stretches over a vast amount of time. The first settled inhabitants of Ireland were groups of hunters and fishers who traveled across the water from Scotland into northeastern Ireland during the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) era. They were followed, two and a hal...

The struggle for peace in Northern Ireland is not a new concept, for the past four hundred years the Catholics have continued to battle the Protestants for the land, which was taken from them so long ago. Despite the war's longevity, the twentieth century has, for the most part, seen the worst of ...

Reilly 1 How Irish History Affects Its Music After seven hundred years of British rule, and many uprisings that ended in failure, Ireland had reached a breakthrough. This breakthrough had an affect on many different people, especially Irish musicians. The series of uprisings and wars that led t...

Eamon de Valera, although born in New York City, in the United States of America, devoted his life to help the people of Ireland. As he once said it, "If I wish to know what the Irish want, I look into my own heart." De Valera loved Ireland and its people with a deep and lasting passio...

Irish Instigator for Independence I made you wait seven minutes, you made us wait seven hundred years. Michael Collins (1890-1922): beloved son, devoted Irishman, postal clerk, champion of the Easter Rising of 1916, spy for the Irish Brotherhood, and creator of the guerilla tactics, was the sole...

The Situation In Ireland "But who are we that we should hesitate to die for Ireland. Are not the claims of Ireland greater on us than any personal ones? Is it fear that deters us from such an enterprise? Away with such fears. Cowards die many times, the brave only die once." Padraic Pearse (rebelli...