Tales euro - IRELAND

[AVERTISSEMENT: cet article est réservé aux élèves du lycée dans la mesure où le contenu de certaines vidéos n'est pas adapté à un jeune public]

 

Here are a few videos of interest for you to watch to learn more about the events discussed in class.

First two videos dealing with the Great Famine that will help you understand how it all came about.

Ireland before the famine:
 

 

Poverty and Land ownership:
 

 

 

Then more videos about the tensions in Ireland all through the 20th century, from the Easter Uprising of 1916 to the period referred to as "The Troubles."

 

The Easter uprising of 1916:

 

  The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921:

 

 

 

 THE TROUBLES

 

From the Civil Rights to the Battle of the Bogside:

 

 

Bloody Sunday, January 30th 1972:

 

 

The Irish Hunger Strikes of 1981 (Pour les plus de 15 ans):