Contextual Study of Ireland by Caroline https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland Creating understanding of the works of Seamus Heaney en-us 2017-02-16 01:11:02 UTC 2018-03-26 04:23:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Famous People https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154200549 Conor McGregor: UFC champion in the featherweight category. Also known for being quite dope indeed.

Michael Fassbender, Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell: Actors

Bono, Niall Horan: Singers, known for U2 and 1 Direction

Bram Stoker: Wrote Dracula, that's pretty dope yo.

C.S. Lewis: Wrote Chronicles of Narnia, and well known christian apologist.

St Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland and christian missionary.

Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary): First person in the U.S. to contract asymptomatic typhoid fever and spread it around, not very dope.

Oscar Wilde: Playwright from late 1800s (Picture of Dorian Grey)

James Joyce: Novelist, 1882-1941 (Dubliners, Ulysses)

Edmund Burke: Statesmen in mid-1700s

Seamus Heaney: Poet and novelist

Robert Boyle: Created Boyle's law that describes how the pressure of a gas tends to increase as the volume of the container decreases


]]> 2017-02-16 01:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154200549 Significant Dates https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154200682 1798: Irish rebellion staged between May and September in defiance of British influence

1801: 'Acts of Union 1800' united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland with effect from January 1, 1801. This act was later repealed upon the formation of the Republic of Ireland

1845-52: A period of mass starvation, disease and emigration out of Ireland known as the 'Great Famine' or 'Great Hunger' swept the nation, with one million people losing their lives and another million leaving the country (approximately 20-25% of the island's total population at the time). 'Potato Blight' destroyed potato crops, which one-third of the nation relied on for food and income.

1919-21: Irish war of independence between Irish Republican Army and British security forces. Northern Island established. Truce was established on July 11, 1921

1922: Southern Island became a free state

1922-23: Irish civil war between Republicans and Nationalists

1936: IRA declared illegal by the government]]> 2017-02-16 01:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154200682 Northern Ireland Superstition cian1890 https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154201018 - Fail to greet a magpie passing by on its own, you're inviting trouble (some think seeing one at the front door is a sure sign of death)
- Robins are alleged harbingers of doom, especially if you kill one.
- A horseshoe nailed to the door will only harbour good fortune if it's found, bought or received.
- Under no circumstance are you to ask a man going fishing where he's going.
- You must form a triangle with your index fingers and thumbs and spit through it at a black cat in order to neutralize the bad omens of it crossing your path.
- Itches are believed to be telltale signs of things to come; money (hands), physical attraction (nose) or that someone is talking about you.
- Coming across a discarded comb is never good news, but to go a step further and pick it up is simply inviting misfortune.
- Leaving shoes on top of a table is bad news.]]> 2017-02-16 01:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154201018 Creatures of Irish folklore https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154201408 Banshee
-A spirit in the form of a wailing woman
-Foretells death of a family member when seen
-Irish term ben side meaning "woman of the fairy mound" (mound of a grave)
-Only families of high rank and pure Irish blood hear it

Abhartach
-Terrifying dwarf, cruel tyrant
-Magic powers allows him to rise from the grave and wreak havoc as an undead being
-Kill and bury upside down to subdue powers
Alternate:
-creature drinks blood of his subjects
-Some believe inspired Dracula and modern day vampires

Cluricaun
-Irish elf, maybe fairy? in the form of an old man
-State of perpetual drunkenness and loves to play practical jokes
-W.B Yeats "some suppose he is merely a Leprechaun on a spree"
-Yeats' draws similarities between them saying they are bad dressers who are "most sluttish, slouching, jeering, mischievous phantoms"

Far darrig
-Supernatural being, might be a Leprechaun
-Yeats describes it as a small creature that wears a red hat and coat
-Irish name translates to "red man"
-Associated with nightmares, practical joker that delights in stealing babies replacing them with changelings

Changelings
-Ugly, stupid or strange child left by fairies in place of a pretty, charming child  ]]> 2017-02-16 01:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154201408 Religion https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154202446 -Northern Ireland (UK): protestant
-Southern Ireland (Republic): Roman Catholic
-two religions interpret the bible differently
-Irish split was partly to preserve the beliefs of both groups; republic wanted to be own country because they recognize the Pope as the head of the church not the monarch
 
]]> 2017-02-16 01:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154202446 Sunday Bloody Sunday MsCapes https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154202467 Act of Union
The Great Famine

]]> 2017-02-16 01:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154202467 Traditions https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154202544 ·      Traditions
o   Irish Dancing-more prominent in Northern Ireland
o   Old traditions of blessing aren’t popular anymore
o   Wedding:
-  Different union lengths
-  Tying the knot: hand fasting
- Christianity led to weddings in churches and the burning of two candles to light one tall one as a symbol of union.
-  Something old something new….
-  Unlucky if the bride puts on her own veil
o   St. Patricks:
  Didn’t really wear green initially but wore shamrocks instead
]]> 2017-02-16 01:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/MsCapes/Ireland/wish/154202544