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Irish between Ireland and the United States

Irish Emigration to the United States

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Irish emigration took place in the middle of the 19th century when the Irish, starving from the great famine,...

Memorial de la Famine irlandaise - Keith Ewing - cc

The Great Irish Famine

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The Great Famine in Ireland (1845-1848) was one of the darkest periods in Irish history. It i s attributed...

Bloody Sunday depicted on a facade

Bloody Sunday, 1972

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The expression Bloody Sunday refers to a sad episode in Northern Irish history. It refers to the events of...

Walls in Derry - Giuseppe Milo - cc

The Troubles in Northern Ireland

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A dark period of 30 years is called “Troubles“, a dark period which marked Northern Ireland for the rest...

Dublin War of Independence - Public Domain

The Irish War of Independence

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The Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) refers to a war that took place in Ireland from 1919 to 1921....

Irish people during the Easter Uprising - Public Domain

The Easter Rising

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The Easter Uprising, refers to an Irish revolt, which took place in Dublin in April 1916. Also known as...

Westminster and the Union Jack - ale - cc

The Treaty of London

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The Treaty of London is an Anglo-Irish agreement that was signed on December 6, 1921, and which put an...

A wall in Belfast - Public domain

Bloody Friday (1972)

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Bloody Friday (July 21, 1972) refers to a series of bomb attacks allegedly carried out by the IRA on...