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Ireland

IRELAND 1909-1914 Ireland has been in conflict for over seven centuries, in this essay I will attempt to describe the events which occurred in Ireland and what is now Northern Ireland between 1909 and 1914. Tension between the Irish people had always been existent but with the advent of the Home Rule bill the people had an excuse to fight. The reasons for tension throughout the ages in Ireland can be pinpointed to the fact that there are two opposing religions that are the main two religions in Ireland, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. Added to this was the fact that the Protestants who were a minority in most of Ireland, excepting Northern Ireland (particularly Ulster), were opposed to the idea of home rule and you have a bubbling cauldron of anarchy and chaos eager to break free. The reasons for the Protestants opposing Home Rule is quit


e simple, if Home Rule came into place then the Protestants thought that there would be a civil war and they would be crushed by the Roman Catholics who outnumbered them nine to one outside of Ulster. Therefore the Protestants were keen to keep their allegiances with Great Britain. These people were known as the Ulster Unionists, their counterparts in Southern Ireland who were all for independence were dubbed the Irish Republican Brotherhood and were led by Tom Clarke. As the time of the passing of the Home Rule bill came closer the tension became more heated in Ireland. The opposition to the bill was focused mainly in Ulster. Two members of parliament, James Craig and Edward Carson were encouraged by the words of Conservative party leader, Andrew Bonar Law, an Ulster Protestant, so set about creating a 'Solemn League and Covenant', the docume

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