The document discusses the history of English involvement in Ireland dating back to 1169 when Henry II claimed Ireland for England. It led to centuries of conflict and English attempts to assert control over Ireland through military conquest and plantation settlements. This caused the displacement of Irish peoples and established religious and political divisions between Protestant and Catholic communities that continue today in Northern Ireland.

1. IRELAND JOHN BULL’S OTHER ISLAND The Road to ---- and the Pavement of Good Intentions

8. ULSTER: A PROTESTANT PROVINCE FOR A PROTESTANT PEOPLE

21. THE POTATO FAMINE C. O’GRADA “The Great Irish Famine” 1989

22. LAST ‘THIRD WORLD’ STARVATION IN EUROPE

24. IRISH IMMIGRATION TO ENGLAND AFTER THE POTATO FAMINE

25. BUT SEEN AS HARDLY CIVILISED (O’Houligans)

32. SHANKHILL HAMMER GANG

33. BUT IRISH IMMIGRANTS WELCOMED INTO USA

34. OR WERE THEY? - LATE 1840s

35. OR WERE THEY? (Late 1850s)

36. WHAT CHANGED THINGS? NY Irish Rifles – Irish Brigade – United States Irish Cavalry

37. BUT LATE INTO THE 19 th CENTURY: AND 20 th CENTURY

53. WHO IS THIS MAN?

55. AND COLLINS’ TREAY STANDS