History and Politics of Ireland by Stefano Grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio en-us 2017-01-23 14:56:45 UTC 2025-12-07 18:36:39 UTC hello@padlet.com History of Ireland stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148732032 The history of the Island of Ireland is divided into several phases and is characterized by numerous military invasions by outside people.
The division between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is quite recent: in fact created with the signing of the Treaty Government of Ireland Act of 1920.

From 1 January 1801 until 6 December 1922, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ireland). During the great famine, from 1845 to 1849, the island's population fell by 30%, from over 8 million less than 6 million. One million Irish died of starvation or disease and 1.5 million others emigrated, mainly to the United States.

After the division of Ireland began the Irish Civil War that was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence.
The civil war was waged between two opposing groups, Irish republicans and Irish nationalists, over the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Many of those who fought in the conflict had been members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the War of Independence.
]]> 2017-01-23 14:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148732032 Religions stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148732766 According to the 2006 Census, 86.8% of the population of the Republic of Ireland is Catholic.

The second religion turns out to be Protestantism (5.4%), among whose Anglican denominations, which belongs to the Church of Ireland, is the most important, with a result of 3% of the population. The third religion is Islam, with 0.8%.

4.4% say that they haven't a religious belief.]]> 2017-01-23 15:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148732766 A parliamentary democratic republic stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148733388 The Republic of Ireland is a parliamentary democratic republic.

Like other countries that have experienced the British rule, even the Irish political system is one of those based on the Westminster model.
Ireland's constitution was adopted in 1937 by popular referendum.
It is a creation of liberal democratic type, defines the state institutions and their roles and protects a range of fundamental rights.
The constitution can only be amended by referendum.]]> 2017-01-23 15:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148733388 Provisional IRA stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148734058 The Provisional Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom
It saw itself as the successor to the original IRA and called itself simply the Irish Republican Army.

After the partition of Ireland (1921), IRA was responsible for the violent military campaigns in the following decades.
The dynamite actions against the Protestants and the British army knew escalated in the early 1970s, after the split of the IRA (1969) into two distinct organizations, the Official and the radical of the Provisional.

One important date to remember during The Troubles (the common name for the conflicts in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century) is 30 January 1972, well known as Bloody Sunday, an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland.
British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a peaceful protest march against internment.
Fourteen people died. Many of the victims were shot while fleeing from the soldiers and some were shot while trying to help the wounded.]]> 2017-01-23 15:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148734058 stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148746280 2017-01-23 15:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148746280 stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148747617 2017-01-23 15:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148747617 Irish soldiers during the Civil War stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148753846 2017-01-23 15:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148753846 stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148883822 2017-01-23 21:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148883822 stefano_grosso https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148886067 Religions in Ireland(2006)]]> 2017-01-23 22:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/stefano_grosso/historyofirelandraio/wish/148886067