Frustration at the apparently unwillingness of the Irish to improve' as a result of the famine led an increasingly large portion of the English public to believe that the Irish were an irredeemably inferior race for whom no amount of tutoring would do any good. ... Yet, it was reported in 1847 that the starving Irish where willingly foregoing food and using English charity money to buy arms, and that continuing to give them relief would only "make the people think that the government should do everything-. ... To his followers, he is regarded as one of the best leaders the republican m...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

The establishment of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and the Campaign for Social Justice spear-headed Catholic and Nationalist campaigns to co-ordinate a fight against the Protestant State. ... After a peaceful meeting in Duke Street was baton charged, John Hume recalled how 'all hell' broke loose and that he would never forget the hate he saw in the faces of the RUC. ... For Unionists "it was not merely the idea of Catholics marching for civil rights that was new, it was the idea of Catholics marching. ... The Camden report spoke of how Unionist fears of the...

• Word Count: 3768
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is mentioned in Irish History that St. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland. This seems an impressive feat and we seem to be able to confirm it as fact as Ireland is indeed a country without snakes. However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is because the country is an island surrounded by the sea. It was separated from the land mass of Europe around 6700 BC before snakes and other varieties of plant life were common in the country. ...

• Word Count: 10019
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: Undergraduate