Free Essays on Ireland

  1. Ireland

    Cultures? Ireland is the third largest island in Europe and consists of two discrete countries. On the one hand the Republic of Ireland which gained its independence in 1921 by the Anglo-Irish Treaty and on the other hand Northern Ireland which was established in 1921 by the Government of Ireland Act. Sine...

  2. The Ireland

    The population of Ireland is estimated to be 6.2 million. Slightly less than 4.5 million are estimated to live in the Republic of Ireland and slightly less than 1.8 million are estimated to live in Northern Ireland. It is located in Europe and could be compared to as slightly larger than West Virgina...

  3. Ireland History

    competition 1. The currency in Ireland is Euro and in the UK it`s Pence 2. The Irish flag is green white and orange striped. The British one is dark blue with red and white crossbred stripes. 3. St. Patrick was Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland. He died on the 17th March. This...

  4. Ireland - essay

    Ireland is an island to the north-west of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth. To its east is the island of Great Britain, from which it is separated by the Irish Sea. Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland,...

  5. Ireland Industrial Construction: Market Update

    Aarkstore : Ireland Industrial Construction: Market Update Synopsis "Ireland Industrial Construction: Market Update" presents detailed data on market growth dynamics for the industrial construction market in Ireland. It also provides data on market drivers and indicators, along with...

  6. Ireland - Famine

    Famine (Irish: an Gorta Mór) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852.[1] It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine, because about two-fifths of the population was solely reliant on this cheap crop...

  7. Celtic Ireland

    Ireland is a rather small country in the European continent. It is surrounded by many islands an inslets. On the map, you will find Ireland to the right of Great Britain, separated by the Irish Sea. The name Ireland comes from the Celtic Eriu. The Celtic culture derived from the Iron Age. The...

  8. Traveling to Northern Ireland

    Northern Ireland Traveling around the world has its advantages. People are able to see so many different cultures and historical sites. Traveling to Northern Ireland has been a wonderful experience for me, because this great land is filled with a variety of green territories, and relaxing shores...

  9. Conflict in Northern Ireland

    Essay 1: From the knowledge you have at present, what factors in your views, contributed to the 35-years conflict in Northern Ireland The conflict in Northern Ireland, as any conflict in history and in any other place in the world, did not erupt on any specific date, but emerged as the result of several...

  10. Way of Stopping Poverty in Ireland

    he has a way stop the poverty of Ireland. The projector is proposing that they can get a one year old baby and cook them for a meal. It takes neither expenses nor funds to do it. Swifts says they won’t be over populated and especially no robbery. The children in Ireland are good thieves’ cause of the lack...

  11. History of tge ECCE sector in ireland

    Early Care & Education Practice:Layout 1 16/04/2013 08:42 Page v Contents Chapter 1 Historical Development of the ECCE Sector in Ireland 1 Chapter 2 Legislation, Policies, Practices and Procedures Chapter 3 Equality and Diversity in ECCE 131 Chapter 4 The Childcare...

  12. ASH SOC 308 Week 5 DQ 1 Northern Ireland

    ASH SOC 308 Week 5 DQ 1 Northern Ireland Check this A+ tutorial guideline at http://www.assignmentclick.com/SOC-308-ASH/SOC-308-Week-5-DQ-1-Northern-Ireland English involvement in Ireland dates back to 1171, when English King, Henry II invaded the island to expand his empire. Since then, politics...

  13. ASH SOC 308 Week 5 DQ 1 Northern Ireland

    Check this A+ tutorial guideline at http://www.assignmentcloud.com/SOC-308-ASH/SOC-308-Week-5-DQ-1-Northern-Ireland English involvement in Ireland dates back to 1171, when English King, Henry II invaded the island to expand his empire. Since then, politics in the region has been characterized by...

  14. Northern Ireland

    the Republic of Ireland which is a Catholic country. They feared that that the government would dislike their protestant beliefs. o The Protestants still celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Boyne. In 1690, King James II, a Catholic , was forced to flee to the north of Ireland when he failed...

  15. Labour in Ireland

    and deeply held belief ... that Ireland should, by peaceful means, and on the basis of consent, be united'.2 Yet nothing in the previous decade warranted such a conclusion. We shall see that the policies pursued by the two Labour Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, Merlyn Rees and Roy Mason, between...

  16. Financial Crises in Ireland and Greece

    Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 IRELAND 3 GREECE 4 SIMILARITIES AND CONTRASTS 5 CONCLUSION 6 REFERENCES 7 INTRODUCTION The economy of Europe comprises more than 731 million people in 48 different states. It is the largest economy in the world. Like other continents, the wealth of Europe's...

  17. Ireland debt sustainability

    Ireland debt sustainability In according to our analytical or quantitative research we recommend to the government of Ireland the following things. Firstly we think that Ireland is on a good route to finally overcome the crises and to return on the favorable economic situation which was reached before...

  18. History of the Ecce Sector in Ireland

    INTRODUCTION The aim of this assignment was to carry out a comprehensive profile of the history of the ECCE sector in Ireland. Early childhood is an important time for children to learn and develop their social and educational needs. ECCE gets them ready for school and improves their overall school...

  19. History and development of the ECCE sector ireland

    History and Development of the ECCE sector Pre-school education did not really exist in Ireland until the 1980s and 1990s. This was largely due the fact Irish women did not work outside the home. In small cases where a woman did attend education, childcare was usually provided by family...

  20. Monasticism in Ireland

    Monasticism in Ireland Ireland was greatly affected by the arrival of monasticism. Tradition maintains that in AD 432, St. Patrick arrived on the island and, in the years that followed, worked to convert the Irish to Christianity. On the other hand, according to Prosper of Aquitaine, a contemporary...

  21. How Did Parnell Build a Successful Home Rule Party in Ireland Between 1880-1886

    grew up with an increasing resentment over London’s dominance of Ireland. Parnell actively involved himself in politics after the execution of three Fenians in 1874. These men became known as the ‘Manchester Martyrs’ and many in Ireland believed that their execution was a gross mis-justice. Parnell, aged...

  22. Discuss the Influence of the Catholic Church on the Development of Social Policy in Ireland Since 1922

    Essay Title: Discuss the influence of the Catholic Church on the development of Social Policy in Ireland since 1922. Word Count: 1,427 In Ireland since the founding of the Free State in 1921, there has been present a Catholic influence on the Government's policy making, this was based upon a set...

  23. Assess Comparatively the Significance of Religion and Class as Factors in Our Understanding of the Conflict in Northern Ireland.

    Assess comparatively the significance of religion and class as factors in our understanding of the conflict in Northern Ireland. The conflict in Northern Ireland, widely referred to as the troubles, was a period of violence between the 1960s and the late 1990s, during this time, many great atrocities...

  24. Bread - Ireland - April 2014

    Bread - Ireland - April 2014 The all-Ireland bread market has experienced steady growth between 2009 and 2014, boosted by almost universal usage by Irish consumers. Looking ahead in order to drive growth within the market, brands should look to speciality breads as consumer spending improves...

  25. Is There Sufficient Evidence in Sources E to J to Explain Why the Troubles Broke Out in Northern Ireland in 1969?

    Northern Ireland: The Causes And Legacy of The Troubles Is there sufficient evidence in sources E to J to explain why the troubles broke out in Northern Ireland in 1969? From sources E to J we can gather a lot of information about the Troubles in Ireland, but to fully understand them we need to...

  26. The History of Ireland

    The history of Ireland "that most distressful nation" is full of drama and tragedy, but one of the most interesting stories is about what happened to the Irish during the mid-nineteenth century and how millions of Irish came to live in America (Purcell 31). Although the high point of the story was the...

  27. How Did Parnell Build a Successful Home Rule Party in Ireland Between 1880-1886

    more than his opponent, William Shaw. The liberal party did not have a clear Irish policy but was becoming concerned with the rising violence in Ireland due to the land war. On the 7th of April 1881 Gladstone introduced a land reform measure. This was the land law bill. This bill granted tenants free...

  28. Gender Inequality in Ireland

    Gender Inequality in Ireland Introduction: Women world-wide experience gender discrimination as mentioned by the United Nations Human Development Report 1995: “no society treats its women as well as its men” (O’Connor, 2000, p82). Irish Society also has to suffer many gender inequalities along...

  29. Sex in Nothern Ireland

    hl=en&lr=&id=3ZWztnC6QHwC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=1981+Irish+hunger+strike&ots=ILZlC51lBy&sig=RXGoZPtBvw_V_fX4DPsuYjB8YwE#PPA1,M1 This book documents the Republican movement in Northern Ireland. It includes interviews of ex-prisoners, family members, people in Government, clergymen and many other people close to the republican movement. ...

  30. The Druids and Their Arrival to Ireland

    Before the arrival of Patrick, Ireland and its religious environment was significantly different. Ireland was a pagan land with pagan beliefs and rituals, in saying this, pagan people were extremely religious. Davies observes “there was no aspect of life which was not in some way touched by the intricate...

  31. Hydropower in Ireland

    wheel. Hydropower Facility A - Reservoir B - Penstocks C - Spillway D - Powerhouse E - Tailrace Hydropower in Ireland Ireland has over 50 different hydropower stations the main one is Ardnacrusha ESB's first power station was commissioned in 1929 at Ardnacrusha in Co...

  32. Irelands Cards and Payments Industry Emerging Market Opportunities, Trends, Size, Drivers, Strategies, Products and Competitive Landscape

        Gain insights in to the marketing strategies used for selling  various card types in Ireland.     Gain insights into key regulations governing Ireland's cards and  payments industry. To Brows a Full Report with Toc:  http://www.researchmoz.us/irelands-cardsand-payments-industry-emerging-opportunities-trends-size-...

  33. Women and Social Policy in Ireland

    Irish case, whereby the Catholic Church’s teaching on the family is reflected in the 1937 Irish Constitution. ‘The Family is legally defined in Ireland as being based on marriage’. This definition is based on a Supreme Court interpretation of Article 41.3.1 of the constitution, which vows to ‘guard...

  34. Social Mobility in Ireland

    the subjects studied serve little practical purpose in our day-to-day lives. Compulsory free state education was introduced for this purpose and in Ireland we suffer the added misery of having the Catholic Church run most of our schools. Social mobility sells us the myth that we are poor because we...

  35. Irish Troubles

    serious of violent uprisings that took place over a period of three decades, too bring up an independent state of Northern Ireland. The cause of the unrest in Northern Ireland can be backtracked to the social and public discrimination that took place between the Protestant and Catholic communities....

  36. Conflict Theory Corporate Welfare

    MAIN POST SOPHIA IRELAND Education System - Ireland has compulsory school between six and fifteen years of age But a great number of the children start in preparatory school are part of the ordinary school must Schools are private and are run by different religious congregations even though...

  37. The Legacy of the Great Famine

    day influences political and popular ideologies. There are several contrasting views on why the impact of the famine was as severe as it was in Ireland. One popular view took an ideological stance that the Famine was validated and intensified by the widespread belief that the potato blight had been...

  38. Fical Policy

    . Ireland in the World Economy: Lecture(s) 13th Oct 2008 Demographic Changes in Ireland Components/ Economic Consequences Population Trends and Projections Implications of Population Projections Demographic Changes in Ireland: Summary • Trends and Structure • Causes of Population Changes • Consequences...

  39. miss

    Historically, the development of ECCE in Ireland has been very piecemeal, largely responding to the needs of parent’s employment patterns rather than focusing on children’s needs. ECCE services include pre-schools, play groups, day nurseries, crèches, childminders and other similar services looking after...

  40. Basic Economics

    Galway Key Conditions to Achieve a Successful Integration A Dissertation for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the National University of Ireland Galway. By Eri Toyoda Student No: 11000654 3BA Module: TI 335. Research Advisor: Dr. Eugene Farrell Head of Geography: Dr. Aaron Potito 2014 ...

  41. Potato fmaine

    disease that infected almost every potato harvest in the country. By 1946, the blight had spread across Ireland and three-quarters of the potato crop was wiped out. As the potato was the staple food of Ireland, millions were haunted by the prospect of a famine that would prove to be devastating for the entire...

  42. Hhdjjdj

    create a catholic clergy within Ireland that was strong enough to bring about great change. This change can be viewed in terms of serving the Papacy in Rome and also in terms of educational, political and religious amendments within Irish society. Cullen’s arrival to Ireland from Rome in 1850 meant that...

  43. Religion in the Irish Life

    Generally, when the topic of religion is brought up, the prevalent ones (i.e. Christianity, Buddhism, ect.) or perhaps even atheism are discussed. In Ireland today Roman Catholics have a significant majority, but in the nineteen hundreds, this was not the case. Within this time frame, there were status...

  44. research paper

    specifically Ireland and Sweden. Step one: Research the two nations. One possible source is to find the country’s fact book at www.cia.gov Step two: Answer the questions   The country profile of Ireland 1. Briefly provide an overview of the economic status of the citizens of Ireland ...

  45. To what extent was political domination by the Unionists the most important explanation for the outbreak of the troubles in 1969?

    The Troubles in Northern Ireland, have it roots dated back to the seventeenth century, with 3225 deaths since 1969. This is now the second-deadliest encounter since World War II in Europe. The political domination by the Unionists within Northern Ireland, can be seen as the main factor for the cause...

  46. Smoking Should Not Be Banned

    non-smokers is proven to lead to lung cancer. Comon sense prevails that a ban will lead to a decrease in people smoking. Health statistics prove that in Ireland in 2006 the precentage of people smoking (30%) remained unchanged, however those who avoid smoke filled atmosphere have been given due consideration...

  47. Sonnet 75 by Edmund Spenser

    Although Edmund Spenser was born in London and educated in England, he spent most of his life in Ireland. It was there that he wrote one of the greatest epic romances in English literature, The Faerie Queene. The poem tells the stories of six knights, each representing a particular moral virtue...

  48. Romeojuliet Persuasive Essay-Capulet

    When he was about sixteen he was captured by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. He entered the church. He later returned to Ireland as a missionary in the north and west of the island, but little is known about the...

  49. Saint Patrick

    – they can analogously be described as priests. What little is known about pre-Christian religion in Ireland comes from Greco-Roman sources and later Christian texts. Saint Patrick’s history Ireland had never been part of the Roman Empire, nor of the Roman cultural orbit. It was as remote culturally...

  50. The Gathering

    in Ireland, it aims to help organise the Irish diaspora to return to Ireland during 2013 to be part of organised local gatherings and events during the year. It is a government supported initiative driven primarily by Failte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority and Tourism Ireland (www...

  51. The Function of Comedy in Martin Mcdonagh’s the Cripple of Inishmaan

    adventure. Actually, McDonagh outlines a picture of a society on a remote Irish island back in 1934 and criticises romantic, stereotypical images of Ireland, depicted in Robert Flaherty’s film The Man of Aran. According to Llewellyn-Jones, both do not convey an authentic picture.4 Pilny (2004) states: ‘to...

  52. vikings

    Vikings in Ireland The Vikings were a brute force that invade Ireland in the 8th and 9th century. The Vikings caused destruction and chaos throughout Ireland with their raids. The Vikings dominated major cities eg… Dublin. They took over much of the country. Although the Irish tried to keep the Vikings...

  53. Yeats

    something I haven’t yet considered! Yeats was interested in people and place, which appealed to me, and he often discusses the reality of life in Ireland while at the same time being preoccupied with the ideal world. Another aspect of Yeats’ poetry which appealed to me was his style of writing which...

  54. An Island Divided by the Weight of the Past

    ON one side of Dublin’s College Green stands the old Irish Parliament, now the headquarters office of the Bank of Ireland; on the other, is Trinity College, for so long the visible symbol of the Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy. On Sunday, the street was lined with troops, on ceremonial duty. Between...

  55. Irish Whisky

    economy. The origin of Irish Whiskey, or fuisce and uisce beatha in Gaelic, can be dated back to the seventh century when missionary monks arrived in Ireland. It is said that the Irish Monks acquired the techniques of distilling from traveling in the Mediterranean countries. The monks then learned to distill...

  56. Speech

    see what I see? I see myself homeward bound for the good old land of Ireland, headed for the southern portion, the part that officially claimed its independence in the late 20th century; what we know today as the Republic of Ireland, (not so much the portion still attached to and associated with the UK...

  57. A Modest Proposal

    Proposal” by Jonathan Swift, he suggests unthinkable solutions to controlling the population of poor children while stimulating economic growth in Ireland. While they are completely separate issues, Swift devises a plan will combat both problems with one solution. He uses satire when describing how the...

  58. Concept & Service

    Media Information 19th May 2003 Solar Energy - The Sun will never send us a bill The sun doesn’t always shine in Ireland but conditions for solar energy are very favourable that is according to Paul Kellett Technical Manager with Sustainable Energy Ireland’s Renewable Energy...

  59. Hurricane Debbie

    Hurricane Debbie was the most powerful cyclone on record to strike Ireland in September. The fourth named storm of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Debbie originated from a well-defined tropical disturbance that was first identified in late August over Central Africa. Tracking generally westward,...

  60. social policy

    industrialisationa and modernisation were at an all time high. Ireland was quickly becoming an efficient and dynamic country with a lot to offer and leaving a huge mark globally. Its growth over the last decade has been so spectacular it has transformed ireland from a predominately agriculurally based country to...