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Thursday War & Peace Page 94-95 Listen to "What Nightmares are made of" page 96-97 Övningsboken sid 86-88 Tuesday In the late 12th Century the Anglo-Normans invaded Ireland The two countries have since then had a violent and complicated relationship. In the mid-19th century, the Great Famine (1845-1851) resulted in the death or emigration of over two million people. At the time, trade agreements were controlled by the British government and whilst millions were suffering from hunger, Irish harvests of wheat and dairy products were exported to Britain and other overseas territories. The British = protestants - unionists/loyalists - wanted to belong to GB The Irish - catholics - nationalists - wanted to be independent In the 1918 Irish general election , Sinn Féin won a majority of Irish seats and in 1919 these elected MPs declared the independence of the Irish Republic and set of their own parliament. Great Britain kept a part of the no...
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