Northern Ireland Keywords Flashcards
Catholic
A type of Christian in which we head of the Catholic Church is the pope
Protestant
A different type of Christian, which goes to separate churches to the Catholic
Who believe in hardworking and not fancy churches
Nationalist
Northern Irish people, mainly catholic, who want to unite with the rest of Ireland
Unionist
Northern Irish people, mainly Protestants who wants to remain in the UK
Civil rights
The rights of citizens to political and social, freedom and equality
Paramilitary
An unofficial military force
Terrorism
The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians
The troubles
Conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late nineteen sixties to 1998 between Irish catholic and British Protestant
Atrocity
An extremely wicked or cruel act involving physical violence or injury
Republican
People are usually Catholics willing to use or support violence to achieve a united Republic of Ireland
Loyalist
People usually Protestant, willing to support are use violence to remain part of the Uk often from working-class communities
Perpetrator
A person who carries out a harmful illegal or immoral act
Tolerance
The ability to respect and understand others, even if they’re very different from you
MP
Member of parliament (in the UK)
Moderatey
Someone with ideas which are not extreme
Real IRA
Member of the IRA, who aims to bring about a united Ireland. They formed a new group that disagree and ceasefire about the peace and continue to use violence
PSNI
Police service of Northern Ireland, which was formed after the Good Friday agreement which has an equal amount of Catholic and Protestant police
IRA
Irish republican army is a paramilitary group of catholic which aims t o remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom
UVF
Ulster volunteer Force which is a Protestant paramilitary group. They were responsible for the bombing of the two pubs in Glasgow frequented by Catholics on 1979.
Bloody Sunday
-londonderry
-13 die 17 injured
- catholic protesters
- British was arrest suspected ira members without a cause
- British citizen set the British embassy on fire in Dublin (capital of the Republic of Ireland)
