Ireland 

Galway

The west of Ireland

Brief history of Ireland.

17. and 18 . centuries

Jonathan Swift: From "A Modest Proposal" (1729) (excerpt)

J.K. Casey: "The Rising of the Moon" (ca. 1865) Worksheet

Seamus Heaney, "Requiem for the Croppies" (1969) Worksheet

20. century. 

The Easter Rising, War of Independence and Civil War

"The Proclamation of the Republic" (1916)

William Butler Yeats, "Easter 1916"

Film: Indiana Jones and the Easter Rising

Written assignment

"Kevin Barry" (ballad)

"The Patriot Game" (ballad)

Frank O’Connor, "Guests of the Nation" (1931)

Film: Neil Jordan (director), The Crying Game (excerpt)

Modern Ireland

Alan Parker (dir.), The Commitments (1991)

photo from The Commitments

Colum McCann, "Fishing the Sloe- Black River" (1994)

Maeve Kelly, "Orange Horses" (1990)

Northern Ireland

Mural from Belfast

Orange order march

U2, "Bloody Sunday" from Under a Blood Red Sky

Find information about Bloody Sunday. Check the site Remebering Bloody Sunday, where a.o. you can find an eye witness account, photos, memorial articles.  For a more neutral account check The Guardian, which has a special report on Bloody Sunday. Check e.g. the interactive link What happened and The Issue Explained about the continued inquiry into the case.

Phil Coulter, "The Town That I Loved So Well" Read about the Troubles and listen to the words of people who have been affected by the troubles.

Bernard MacLaverty, "Walking the Dog" (1994)

Film:  In the Name of the Father dir. by Jim Sheridan

Reviews of In the Name of the Father

The case of The Guildford Four, on which the film is based.

WashingtonPost  coverage of the release of the Guildford Four in 1989