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Page 1: Behaviour Support Services. Ireland is an island located at the far Western edge of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean.

Behaviour Support Services

Page 2: Behaviour Support Services. Ireland is an island located at the far Western edge of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean.

Ireland is an island located at the far Western edge of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean

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Lying to the West of England, Ireland is composed of four provinces and 32 counties

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While 26 of the 32 counties of Ireland comprise the independent Republic of Ireland, six northern counties are still part of the United Kingdom

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Irish population = approximately 4 million25% are under the age of 30About 14% now new immigrants (as of the

last 5-8 years)Centuries of emigration (late 18th –

1970s) have resulted in an Irish population dispersed around the English-speaking world (the “Irish Diaspora”)

Status as a “new nation” has made the Irish very conscious of a distinctive identity

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Many prehistoric monuments, including ring forts, burial mounds, and dolmens such as this one in Sligo, are evidence of pre-Celtic history in Ireland

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Other sites

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Historians speculate that the Celts may have arrived in Ireland as early as 400 B.C. The Celts brought Iron Age technology and European Celtic artistic styles (known as La Tène style) with them.

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The Art work tells the stories of history.

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The British and Irish cultures started to clash and the Irish were seen as “savage” like people.

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Irish-speaking vs. English-speaking Illiterate (an oral culture) vs. literateTherefore, primitive vs. civilizedTribal vs. nationalMusical

– dancing (performers)– musicians (harper)

Feckless (irresponsible, carefree, drunken) vs. practical, responsible, reliable.

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The potato was a key crop in Ireland.

An Gorta Mor, or the Great Hunger, began when the potato crop failed in 1845. For the next few years, a devastating famine followed, reducing the population drastically and changing Irish society forever.

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Many Irish people emigrated to Ireland and America where they were treated badly. They found it hard to get jobs.

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There are still many problems between Catholic and Protestant communities even today.

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The Easter Rising in 1916 declared an Irish Republic and led to harsh English reprisals, executions, and finally, a war of independence.

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