... his son and heir to be Catholic as well, members of Parliament feared England's complete return to Catholicism. In 1688 these members took it upon themselves to invite James' Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange to take the English throne. Although this 'Glorious Revolution' was largely peaceful within England, battles were fought in Ireland between the Catholics, loyal to ... James, and the Protestants, loyal to William and Mary. A decisive battle was fought at the Boyne River near Dublin in 1690, and as a result, James fled to France. To the Protestants in Irelan...

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... IV and the Catholics of Ireland, slowly developed into the seventeenth century plantation of Protestants in Ulster. The Battle of the Boyne between King James II and William of Orange (or Catholic versus Protestant) in 1690 is a direct starting point in relation to the troubles which are still evident today. ... advantage of the fact that the British had few troops to spare, and although the organisation was terrible and there were limited arms Pearse, James Connolly, Eamon deValera and 1,500 rebels went ahead with the uprising on Easter Monday 1916. The uprising had been short lived and...

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... and peasantry at the time. During the 1880's and 1890's, a number of reforms were made. These initiatives were pursued by Liberal PM William E Gladstone, whose government passed an important Act that ensured some security for tenants and that led to future progressive law reforms for the ... almost forgotten cultural history was revived and some of their greatest modern writers composed their works. These include internationally acclaimed artists such as William Yeats, James Joyce and Bernard Shaw who were, significantly, all influential in both the cultural and political development of ...

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When William Jefferson Clinton was elected as the 42nd President of the United States of America in 1992 having beaten the current incumbent President George H Bush, and independent candidate Ross Peroe, he ... to play a "nudging" role in the transition of peace in Northern Ireland, similar to what it had done in Bosnia and the Middle East around that time. According to a journalist, James F Clarity in the New York Times, newspaper, Joseph P Kennedy was the man who was considered as the right man for to broker a peace deal in Northern Ireland. However Clinton had ... ...

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... in 1916 that stimulated the growth of already active rebel organizations. The citizen army, an illegal force of Dublin citizens organized by the labour leader Jim Larkin and the socialist James Connolly (Douglas), the Irish Volunteers, a national defense body; and the extremist party SinnFein all came together to plan an uprising. They hoped that the war would slow Britain's response and ... new Dail, and proclaimed a rival government and began attacking the Irish Free State. Hundreds were killed on both sides and many prominent leaders were executed. The Dail headed now by William Cosg...

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... Catholics at Drogheda and Wexford and forced the resettlement of thousands that had lost their homes during the struggle. By 1691, with victory of Protestant English King William III over the Catholic forces of James II, Protestant control in Ireland was complete. Catholics suffered greatly in the subsequent period of British occupation, enduring laws that prevented them from bearing arms, holding office ... ...

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