Troubles in Northern Ireland from the Battle of Boyne to the Good Friday Agreement
I am going to write about the troubles in Northern Ireland from the
Battle of the Boyne to the Good Friday agreement. I am going to study
the main causes of the troubles in Northern Ireland and how they
started and why they have had such a big impact on the way Northern
Ireland has been shaped because of this. The main troubles in Northern
Ireland have been caused by the way the Catholics and the Protestants
have been fighting each other and how they can’t agree on the way
Northern Ireland should be split and how Northern Ireland should be
ran. I am going to study three main events in Northern Ireland’s
history. They are, the Battle of the Boyne, the Easter rising and
bloody Sunday.
The siege of Londonderry occurred in 1688 and finally ended in 1690
with the battle of the Boyne. The causes of this war were that James
the 2nd tried to use catholic help to win back the throne from William
of Orange. James attacked Londonderry and was held back by the
apprentice boys of the city in July 1968. This gave William enough
time to gather his troops and attack James at Londonderry in 1689.
William of Orange defeated James in the Battle of the Boyne.
The consequences of this war were that the Protestants became the
ultimate force in Ireland and in this they began to own most of the
land in Ireland. However the treaty of limerick was very kind on the
Catholics as they were able to take 15,00 troops home, Catholics in
Ireland could keep their land if they promised to be loyal to William
and there was no extra limits on the Catholics freedom to worship.
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...eland has always been very controversial and
has never been able to sort itself out. It has always been plagued
with problems and no agreement will ever be sort out in Northern
Ireland unless peace is called between the IRA, the British and the
Irish. I think that the most important event in Northern Ireland’s
history is the battle of the Boyne. I think this because it was the
first major cause in the problems in Ireland and it seemed to kick off
the problems that are now happening today. I think that if the Battle
of the Boyne did not occur then most of the problems in Ireland would
not have happened today. However the problems between the Protestants
and the Catholics will always be in Ireland but I believe without the
battle of the Boyne then most of the major problems in Northern
Ireland would not have occurred.
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