Northern Ireland Keywords Flashcards

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Catholic

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A type of Christian in which we head of the Catholic Church is the pope

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Protestant

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A different type of Christian, which goes to separate churches to the Catholic
Who believe in hardworking and not fancy churches

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Nationalist

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Northern Irish people, mainly catholic, who want to unite with the rest of Ireland

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Unionist

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Northern Irish people, mainly Protestants who wants to remain in the UK

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Civil rights

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The rights of citizens to political and social, freedom and equality

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Paramilitary

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An unofficial military force

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Terrorism

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The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians

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The troubles

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Conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late nineteen sixties to 1998 between Irish catholic and British Protestant

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Atrocity

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An extremely wicked or cruel act involving physical violence or injury

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Republican

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People are usually Catholics willing to use or support violence to achieve a united Republic of Ireland

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Loyalist

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People usually Protestant, willing to support are use violence to remain part of the Uk often from working-class communities

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Perpetrator

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A person who carries out a harmful illegal or immoral act

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Tolerance

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The ability to respect and understand others, even if they’re very different from you

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MP

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Member of parliament (in the UK)

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Moderatey

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Someone with ideas which are not extreme

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Real IRA

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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

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PSNI

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Police service of Northern Ireland, which was formed after the Good Friday agreement which has an equal amount of Catholic and Protestant police

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IRA

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Irish republican army is a paramilitary group of catholic which aims t o remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom

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UVF

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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.

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Bloody Sunday

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-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)