... a group of Sinn Fein, and IRA members signed an treaty with the British, accepting the division of Ireland. This was when what's known as 'Northern Ireland' was created, dominated by Protestants. However, Catholics had wanted a united and Independent Ireland, so resentment grew. "After partition, it was hardline Unionists who held power in the North, they were determined to keep Ulster British and ... to take the law into their own hands. As tensions grew,   segregation became more likely. In cities like Londonderry and Belfast, "many people who lived in the 'wrong' area - that is Cath...

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• Grade Level: High School

... are different, but each play deals with the consequences of vigilante justice and the rejection of royally imposed codes of law. In each play there is an underlying idea that the law, and those who enforce it, cannot and ought not to be trusted. Friel's masterpiece "Translations" chronicles a 19th ... an Irish name. Throughout the play we are made to think that the purpose of the operation is simply for the English to have an easier way to refer to places in Ireland. This is what Owen thinks. However Doalty and Bridget know not to trust the British. They sabotage them at ... Act 2. p.118...

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• Grade Level: High School

... for the good life in the United States" (B p. 61-62). This helped further the numbers of emigrants as they fled Ireland in search of what they believed others had found. However, Arnold Schrier found otherwise in his study of immigrant letters for Ireland and the American Emigration, 1850 - 1900. ... journey, but was it as they thought it would be? Usually not. Scores were disappointed with what they thought they would have and what they never got. Though there are success stories, it is often because these immigrants had to work twice as hard to achieve these results. As Erin stepped ......

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• Grade Level: High School