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Irelands Eye

The Easter Rising 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Irish Easter Rising in 1916.
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Irelands Eye

The Great Famine

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Irish Potato Famine during the 1840's.
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Culture Ireland: Facts About Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A wide variety of facts about Ireland, such as general background, square miles, natural resources, religions, literacy rates, type of government, economic facts, exchange rates, and many other things. Some links to external sites no...
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British Library

British Library: Ireland: Propaganda and Plantations

For Students 9th - 10th
A six-part site that relates the method England used to take over Ireland throughout the 16th century.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Ireland History and Timeline Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Ireland including early kings, Celtics, Viking invasions, British rule, North and South, the IRA, and current events.
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Irelands Eye

Henry Grattan's Parliament

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Henry Grattan's influence on the Irish Parliament in the late 1700's.
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Irelands Eye

The 1798 Rising

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the 1798 Rising in Ireland, led by Theobald Wolfe Tone. Inspired by the American and French revolutions, Tone was the founder of "The Society of United Irishmen". However, this uprising was largely unsuccessful.
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Franciscan Media: The St. Patrick You Never Knew

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the life of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, that attempts to sort out the many myths surrounding Patrick from the surprisingly few facts history has left us. Article grows out of an interview with noted writer and...
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My Guide Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A homepage for one wishing to travel to Ireland. Provides interactive maps, and links about Irish history, visitor attractions, and travel tools one may need while in Ireland.
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A&E Television

History.com: How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
For 30 years, Northern Ireland was scarred by a period of deadly sectarian violence known as "the Troubles." This explosive era was fraught with car bombings, riots and revenge killings that ran from the late 1960s through the late...
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Lyceum Books

Lyceum Books: Wales, Ireland, and Scotland and the Tudors [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Full-text of a chapter from a multivolume work on the history of the British people describes Tudor policies toward Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Irish Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Irish Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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The Liffey River, Dublin, Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Dublin's Liffey River, and its significance in Dublin's history.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Ireland

For Students 3rd - 8th
Welcome to Ireland! Follow this interactive overview of the country's history, geography, people, government, nature, and more. A map and video are included.
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CRW Flags

Flags of the World: United Kingdom

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Flags of the World site displays a picture and description of the flag of the United Kingdom. It also includes a history of the flag.
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Cain: The Northern Ireland Troubles

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed history from the University of Ulster of the troubles in Northern Ireland with extensive hyperlinking.
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New York University

Nyu Archives of Irish America: 1981 Hunger Strikes: America Reacts

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit chronicling the Reactions of Americans to the death of 10 men on hunger strikes, all from Northern Ireland.
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Curated OER

Outline Map of Ireland and Northen Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the troubles between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Curated OER

The History Place: Irish Potato Famine

For Students 9th - 10th
The History Place provides complete history of the Irish Potato Famine and life in Ireland in the 19th century.
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Other

The Batik Guild

For Students 9th - 10th
The Batik Guild website is dedicated to Batik artists mostly in Britain and Ireland. On this website you will find information about members of the Guild and their art, discover where batik is being exhibited, find which Guild members...
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Dublin Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of Dublin, Ireland with links to its history and some famous sites within Dublin.
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BBC

Bbc History: British History: Middle Ages: Henry Ii: An Imperialist King?

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about Henry's attempts to partition Ireland and his relationship with other parts of Britain and France. Archived.
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A&E Television

History.com: How 38 Ira Members Pulled Off the Uk's Biggest Prison Escape

For Students 9th - 10th
During the height of Northern Ireland's "Troubles" in the 1970s and '80s, the British government incarcerated hundreds of Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) paramilitaries inside the notorious Maze Prison. Touted as Europe's most...
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Critical Survey: Irish Poetic Modernisms a Reappraisal

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly article attempts to place the Irish Literary Revival within the context of "European and American modernism - their shared preoccupation with mysticism, symbolism, millenarianism, and anti-modernization."