A masked member of the Real IRA at a Republican Easter commemoration ceremony in Derry. The Real IRA is merging with other dissident groups in an escalation of the threat of violence against security forces.
Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Source: The Guardian
Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Source: The Guardian
In this Irish Peace unit, we’ve been exploring The Troubles – conflict and politics in Northern Ireland, background to the conflict, key issues and events, the CAIN Web Service, the Peace Process, The Good Friday Agreement, and the political murals in Belfast and Derry. This week, we examined multiple resources and viewpoints, including (among others):
1) The Troubles re: the key people, places and events associated with provos and paramilitaries
Irish republicans
Ulster loyalists
2) Segregation in Northern Ireland
3) Subdivisions of Belfast
4) Online Resources
Students have spent individual and collaborative time cybersleuthing additional sites and sources, and participated in research-based reflection and discussions. They'll continue to compile and organize categorized lists of ideas, questions, sources and links. They'll be able to cull from these lists, many ideas and additional sources for formative blog postings and summative VoiceThread work.
This post will serve as an initial space for sharing reflections, ideas, inquiries, responses, and resources and drawing cultural and historical comparisons with similar conflicts, seen in a global context – as well as synthesizing the excellent in-class discussion and found resources.
1) The Troubles re: the key people, places and events associated with provos and paramilitaries
Irish republicans
- Provisional IRA (Provisional Irish Republican Army)
- Official IRA (Official Irish Republican Army)
- INLA (Irish National Liberation Army)
- IPLO (1986–92) (Irish People’s Liberation Organization)
- CIRA (1994–) (Continuity Irish Republican Army)
- RIRA (1997–) (Real Irish Republican Army)
Ulster loyalists
- UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force)
- UDA (Ulster Defence Association)
- RHC (Red Hand Commando)
- UR (1986–) (Ulster Resistance)
- LVF (1996–) (Loyalist Volunteer Force)
2) Segregation in Northern Ireland
3) Subdivisions of Belfast
4) Online Resources
Students have spent individual and collaborative time cybersleuthing additional sites and sources, and participated in research-based reflection and discussions. They'll continue to compile and organize categorized lists of ideas, questions, sources and links. They'll be able to cull from these lists, many ideas and additional sources for formative blog postings and summative VoiceThread work.
This post will serve as an initial space for sharing reflections, ideas, inquiries, responses, and resources and drawing cultural and historical comparisons with similar conflicts, seen in a global context – as well as synthesizing the excellent in-class discussion and found resources.