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Question		Answer
the gian's causeway is start learning		a group of several thousand rock columns on the north, tourist attraction, world heritage sinca 1986, legent - it was built by a giant across the sea to the island of Staffa
NI is a province, administrative region also know as a start learning		Ulster
the six celtic nations start learning		1. scotland 2. ireland 3. isle of man 4. wales 5. cornwall 6. brittany
population is start learning		over 1,7 million
capital is start learning		belfast (300 000 people)
the six counties are start learning		ANTRIM, ARMAGH, DOWN, FREMANAGH, LONDONDERRY, TYRONE
religions here are start learning		catholic 43 % protestant 57%
Catholic Irish surnames are start learning		with prefix O' like O'Sullivan with prefix Mul, Mil (milligan, muldoon) with prefix Fitz (Fitzgerald) with prefix Mac (MacDonnel)
celtic names are for example start learning		Flynn, Cannolly, Kennedy, Nolan
nick-name for Irish person is start learning		PADDY
The Celtic Fringe is start learning		an area of Europe where Celtic customs or Celtic language exists.
green symbolizes start learning		catholics
orange symbolizes start learning		protestants
diaspora - what it is? start learning		people of Irish origin live outside the national country
before the 20th century... start learning		NI was part of Ireland as a whole
settlemenst of protestants WHEN? start learning		16, 17th century
By the terms of an Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921... start learning		NI granted its own parliament, Roman Catholic excluded from political office!
1960s... what happened? start learning		civil right movements and disturbances
languages spoken there are... start learning		english, irish (celtic), ulster scots, there is no official language there
gaelic football - start learning		sport played by 2 teams of 15 players
st patrick - start learning		brought christianity in 5th century(432), his day - 17th march
8th c. - start learning		the viking raids
1172 start learning		Henry II and the Pale - area around Dublin that was controlled by England
16, 17th c. start learning		plantations of Ulsters, settlements of protestant on land
1688 start learning		Glorious Revolution, the siege of Londonderry ('no surrender')
1690 start learning		the battle of the Boyne-Orange marches of protestant in June
1801 start learning		the act of Union
1840s start learning		poptato failure and famine - 3 years
1916 start learning		the Easter Rising
1921/22 start learning		partition of Ireland and Irish Free State (1937 Eire, 1949 - the Republic of Ireland)
1969 start learning		British troops sent to Northern Ireland
1972 start learning		bloody Sunday - peaceful demonstration, 15 people were killed
prostestants consist of start learning		unionist, loyalist, orangemen
catholics consist of start learning		nationalist, republicans
orangemen are start learning		protestants who belong to the organization that organise orange marches
republicans are associated with start learning		Sinn Fein and the IRA
unionist start learning		a person who favours political union between NI and Britain
loyalist start learning		wants to stay in part of the UK and remain loyal to the country
republican start learning		believes that NI should be a part of Rebublic of Ireland
According to stereotype Irish Iberian has start learning		monkey features of face
Anglo-Teutonic is start learning		the most superior
Negro-Black start learning		it is the lowest class stereotypically
Home rule is idea that start learning		Britain should give a kind of Parliament to NI
THE TROUBLES, 1970s 1974 start learning		the Birmingham bomb - 21 people killed
1974 start learning		the Guildford and Woolwich pubs bombed, 7 victims
1975 start learning		the Guildford Four sentenced for a life (in the name of a father)
1979 start learning		Lord Mountbatten killed
1981 start learning		10 hungers strikers die in Male Prison
1984 start learning		Harrods bomb 15 killed, 100 injured
1988 start learning		the Broadcasting Ban
1989 start learning		the Guildford Four released
1991 start learning		the Birmingham Six released
1993 start learning		the Downing Street Declaration
1994 start learning		Gerry Adam's high-profile visit to the USA
1998 start learning		the Good Friday Agreement John Hume and Davi Trimbe receive the Nobel Peace Prize
David Trimble - start learning		UUP Ulster Unionist Party
John Hume start learning		SDLP - Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry Adams start learning		Sinn Fein
Rev. Ian Raisley start learning		did not sign the agreement: Democratic Union Party

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