How much do you know about Ireland?
Which part of Ireland
is independent?
Northern Ireland (Ulster)
The Republic of Ireland (Eire)
2 The capital of Northern Ireland is:
Dublin
Belfast
The capital of the Republic of Ireland is:
Dublin
Belfast
3 Cross the odd man out:
Galway
Donegal
Londonderry
. Cork
14 Match each event with a date.
I The Great Famine
I The Easter Rising
i Independence
of Southern Ireland
The "Troubles"
Cromwell's army
in Ireland
under:
I Elizabeth I
5. The Irish have been Christian:
since the 5th century
since the 6th century
since the 8th century
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth II
Ireland became an English colony
i Protestant
Waterford
They settled:
y1972
1649
*
1916
1921
The first English settlers were:
in the North
1846-1849
i were protected
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Catholic
Under Cromwell, the Catholics
in the South
000
were persecuted
000
As a result of the Great Famine, Ireland
lost:
10% of the population
20% of the population
40% of the population
Many Irish emigrated:
to the United States
to England
to Scotland
The idea of an independent nation
became popular:
after the Great Famine
after the Easter Rising
(Le Soulèvement de Pâques)
... Most Irish were shocked by
the repression.
Nationalists attempted to proclaim
Ireland a republic.
... The leaders became heroes.
Nationalists were executed.
000
12 Number these events about the Easter
Rising in chronological order from 1 to 4.
X00
in Northern Ireland
in the Republic of Ireland
00
For more than thirty years there were
riots = PROTESTS)
00