lunes, 17 de junio de 2013

Ireland: "The Troubles"

Two masked gunmen (Pacemaker Press Intl)
Photo: Two masked gunmen (Pacemaker Press Intl)

The Troubles
1968 - 1998

The conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century is known as the Troubles. Over 3,600 people were killed and thousands more injured.

Over the course of three decades, violence on the streets of Northern Ireland was commonplace and spilled over into mainland Britain, the Republic of Ireland and as far afield as Gibraltar.

Several attempts to find a political solution failed until the Good Friday Agreement, which restored self-government to Northern Ireland and brought an end to the Troubles.

viernes, 14 de junio de 2013

Ireland: The Road to Partition



Our guest from the UK, Blair (Language Assistant , British Council) has  explained some history of his country (Northern Ireland) in  our class.
We have worked on this subject in several occassions, and these are our old posts :

http://lenguaycultura2isfd97.blogspot.com.ar/2011/06/ireland-road-to-partition.html


Next Monday 24th, we`ll have a debate class  monitored by Blair, so you can use these old posts to read about the subject.