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Anglais cours n° 1 : Irish history irish home rule dominant question of the 19th century the Home rule party created in 1872 the irish parliamentary party demanded home rule (Le Home Rule est un projet visant à donner une autonomie interne à l'Irlande, tout en restant sous la tutelle de la couronne britannique. En 1870, Isaac Butt crée la Home Government Association pour la promotion de l'autonomie de l'île, et l'institution d'un parlement à Dublin, dans le cadre du Royaume-Uni ;

▪ Lecture: talk given to a group of people ▪ Country, adjective, people ▪ GB, British, the British ▪ English, the English, English people ▪ Wales, welsh, the welsh or welsh people ▪ Scotland, Scottish, the Scots ▪ Ireland, Irish, the Irish ▪ A flag: un pavillon, un drapeau ▪ To result in: avoir pour conséquence ▪ To result from: être la consequence de ▪ To come to an end = se terminer ▪ North, Northern, East, eastern ▪ To warn: mettre en garde ▪ Warning: une

sont sujets de la relative. Meghan, who is Irish is my best friend. Meghan, qui est irlandaise, est ma meilleur amie. ( who, étant sujet, est obligatoire. ) *Who et Which sont le plus souvent omis, surtout à l'oral, quand ils sont compléments. Meghan is the girl we saw this morning. Meghan est la fille que nous avons vue ce matin. *La forme Whom, qui ne peut être que complément, est rare. On la trouve après une préposition. The girl with whom i speak is Irish. La fille avec qui je parle est irlandaise

Ireland is a country of traditions and myths which we hope to make you discover has faulted this presentation… I.Who are the Irish? What are their background, their customs and their traditions? More about Ireland: Formerly populated by Gaels, Ireland was not invaded by the Roman. Saint Patrick will evangelize the country. Irish attracts much greed; after the Vikings, The English will try to become established and they success. Their power really concerns only the region of Dublin. Ireland

During the later years of her reign, the monarchy attained a high degree of popularity among most of its subjects. The young Queen Victoria fell in love with Ireland. In June 1845 came "The Great Famine". As the nineteenth century progressed, the Irish became very dependent on the potato for their main food source. In fact, a majority of rural people lived on it completely (It was estimated that the average pre-famine adult consumed 12-14 pounds of potatoes a day). Several English committees that

This is the case of the Irish companie : Aer Lingus. Aer Lingus is the national companie of Ireland created on May 22nd, 1936. The planes of the companie, always decorated with a green clover, fly from the Cork and Dublin airports towards Great Britain, Scotland, Europe and the United States. In 40s and 50 the companie has already spread its network to the cities of Brussels, Amsterdam and Rome. Among the numerous destinations we so find Manchester, Glascow, London and New York. It enlarged

of economic prosperity, partly because free trade policies took the place of protectionism. This contributed to avoid the revolutionary movements that caused many conflicts all over continental Europe. In 1851 the Great International Exhibition of London was opened by the Queen and her husband, showing Britain's world political and economic leadership. SOCIAL REFORMS In 1862 the employment of women and children in mines was banned. In 1871 Catholics were allowed to work for the government and

catholic ghetto is attacked by a group of protestants. But the residents pitched barricades around the neighborhood . They created the « Free Derry » In 1969, British troops are sent, but as they are led by government, they repress it as much as the Irish army north During the second half of 1960's, the Northern catholic asked at the Ireland an help but they don't want intervene and they send just humanitarian Aid , despite the demonstration of supports in Dublin. From that moment, l'IRA began

in the North and Wales on the West. She is lined by the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the Celtic sea and La Manche. The official language is English and the currency is pound sterling (£). Political system: The political system rests on a parliamentary monarchy. The English monarchy is one of the oldest to the world. The current queen is queen Elisabeth II and Prime Minister is Gordon Brown, since 2007. London: London is the capital and most big city of England and the United Kingdom. Based