Britain, Northern Ireland And The Republic Of Ireland - A Report On Their History-00-6035

By Author: Andrew McG
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In the early parts of the eighteenth century, the English and the Irish had made the Act of Union and this enabled the differences between the two regions to subdue greatly. North and South parts of the Irish lands were facing internal conflicts which were mainly on whether to follow their old customs or to follow new principles in governing the region better.

The northern part of Ireland grew steadily into a prosperous region, under the blanket of industrial and manufacturing processes in various fields. But the people of the southern Ireland had to endure more diminishing standards due to uneven distribution of fertile lands among the native and the Anglo Protestants living there. This brought more bloody riots and clashes which did not help the growth of Ireland much. Britain was blamed for this and they were forced into solving this issue by dividing Ireland into northern and southern regions permanently.

The Catholics wanted complete independence in this division and there was huge political unrest in the Irish lands for a good part of the early twentieth century. In 1920, the Government of Ireland act was ...
... passed in an effort to pacify all of the Irish community which however did not serve its purpose well. British forces stationed in the Irish lands had to face countless attacks from the Irish Republican Army or the IRA with the use of guerilla warfare style.

Following these unforgettable events, in the year 1921, the legendary treaty of peace was signed between the 23 southern counties and 3 counties in Ulster of Ireland and was declared independent while 6 counties of Ulster were joined together as the Northern Ireland and were made part of the United Kingdom. Finally, in the year 1949, the independent republic of Ireland was formed and things seemed to have come into control after this for some time.

From the period of 1960 to 1990, violence broke again between the Catholics and the Protestants in the land which were even bloodier that the previous riots of Ireland. Armed attacks by the Independent Republican Army and the Protestant paramilitary forces intensified and the British troop were brought in to help resolve matters. Then the Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed between the British and the Irish Prime ministers and with the cease fire from the IRA, the implementation of this treaty was successful in 1994. Finally in 2010, all powers regarding Irish lands have been handed over to the Irish government, but still the echoes of the past will die down only a long time.

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