Northern Ireland And Republic of Ireland – glance Into The History
Seventeenth century was the period of invasion, plundering and insulting incidents for the people of Ireland which were so drastic in nature. Everyone in the Irish soil will tell such stories about the true past of Ireland that will make our hairs stand on end. Many have died and many have survived this brutal period just long enough to tell the tale to their children and grandchildren. The small groups of rebels in the Irish lands were brutally suppressed by forcing them to follow the ideals of their religion and culture; this was a dark period in the Irish history.
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.
Prosperity kissed the northern part of Ireland and kicked at the southern part of it, which made the difference in opinion amongst them more opposing than before. The prosperity of the northern parts was due to the tremendous improvement in industries and manufacturing units, with the help of the Britain. The southern regions were suffering due to uneven distribution of lands and due to steady flow of problems from the British and the Northern Irish settlers. The riots which followed this event was so intense that the help of British government was sought; this resulted in the permanent division of Ireland into northern and southern regions.
The Catholics were all for getting their complete freedom from the British and their counterparts, creating a new problem in a more diverse subject, Politics. The aftermath of these events was the birth of the Government of Ireland act in the year 1920; however, this did not solve problems and Guerrilla warfare methods were used by the Irish Republican Army to attack the British soldiers, claiming more lives brutally.
In the year 1921, however, the legendary treaty of peace was signed between the different groups of Ireland. The result was that Northern Ireland got hold of six counties while twenty three Southern counties and three counties from Ulster were brought under the region of southern Ireland. Following these turn of events, the independent republic of Ireland was formed and things seemed to have come into control after this for some time.
Ireland had to face more problems in the year from 1960 to 1990 in the form of bloody violence between the Catholics and the Protestants in the land. Intensive armed attacks between the Independent Republican Army and the Protestant paramilitary forces broke out, forcing them to seek help from the British troops again to resolve matters. This brought about the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement between the British and the Irish Prime ministers. Following the cease fire from the IRA, the implementation of this treaty was successful in 1994. At last, in 2010, all the governing powers of Irish lands were given back to Ireland, but the echoes of the past still resound once in a while.
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