North Ireland

 

-Invasions of Ireland

·        Become paranoid

-Celtics settle 400 B.C.

-Viking Invasions

·        1016BC -800AD

-1066 A.D. Norman Invasions

By French

-1172 King Henry 2^nd

-1534 King Henry 8^th breaks from Catholic Church

Because could not divorce his wife

Lord of Ireland

Battles between Irish and English

English get good land Irish get rocky land

-Religious/Economic

Irish still catholic

-1921 England Divide Ireland into 2 parts

-Problem continues today

          2/3 N. Ireland Protestant

1/3 Catholic

-Extremist continue the battle

          Orange Order-protestants

          IRA-catholic

English = protestant

Irish = catholic