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economic issues, and political issues to portray that people’s conscience cannot be silenced. O’Riordan composed “Zombie” after the bomb blast in Cheshire Ireland during 1993, which killed two innocent children. The bomb was caused by the Irish Republican Army, most commonly known as the IRA which is a militant group that formed in 1916. O’Riordan recorded the song in an effort to stop the war between the IRA and British. Since the 1600s the British have ruled Ireland, and they have used Ireland for

of the author and makes the reader wonder how the speaker, or Seamus Heaney, could “understand” a brutality such as this? Or rather, does Seamus Heaney’s understanding actually mean that he could not expect any less from the men of the Irish Republican Army, who committed these heinous acts? While this question may be left up to interpretation, the message still runs clear:

Out of the 200,000 Irish Volunteers that joined the British army, 60,000 died. Not all of the Irish Volunteers joined the British army. The 11,000 that refused became known as the Sinn Fèin volunteers. The 1916 rebellion came from this group. Eoin Mc Neill was the leader but he didn’t want to start a rebellion. But the I.R.B. secretly

What in your view, was the short term significance of Michael Collins? Michael Collins played a major part in Ireland’s History, in the years 1916-23. He had a short but political life where he had increasingly been involved in events such as the Easter Rising, Anglo-Irish War, Treaty Negotiations and the Civil War. Although he was only active over a relatively short period of time, his significance in such events was profound. His public image changed throughout the years, from one of the UKs most

years after the Second World War ended the Irish Republican Army, a paramilitary group, began. The IRA formed after a suppressed rebellion fought for independence. Ireland was split in two parts and twenty six counties. During the 20 year period after the beginning of the IRA, there had been no stop to the violence. This time will be forever known as The Troubles. The Troubles mark a time in which the IRA, PIRA (Provisional Irish Republican Army), and RIRA (Real

The story “The Sniper” is set in Dublin during the time of Irish Civil War. The Republican Sniper has to deal with the turbulent surroundings of the wartime. Also the external conflict occurs when the Republican Sniper shot the other Sniper and this causes the Republican Sniper to see who he shot and finds out he shot his own brother. In this quote “he felt sudden curiosity as to the identity of the enemy sniper whom he had killed” supports my claim by identify the enemy sniper. This is

RISKTAKER . CLEVER .CONFLICTED.These are just a few words that describe the sniper from “The Sniper” and the narrator from “The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant”. They show risk taker characteristics because in these 2 stories they both had to take risks. The character trait that best fits “the sniper” is risk taker because he put himself in a life or death situation. “He wanted to smoke a cigarette but he would risk being seen by one of the enemy's when he light the cigarette because if the guards

Emily Dickinson was born on December 10th, 1830 to Edward and Emily Dickinson in Amherst, Massachusetts. In the year 1833, her little sister Lavinia was born into the family. During February of 1852, A Valentine was published in the Springfield Republican. That was one of the first poems that she had written. Emily Dickinson was an amazing poet that wrote

Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty, a gun battle is shown between two snipers on opposite sides of a war. The republican sniper, the protagonist, cleverly tricks the other sniper to believe that he is dead and then, he himself shoots the other sniper and kills him. The sniper is curious to know the identity of the fallen sniper, and turns over the dead man and finds his “brother’s face”. The republican sniper is a protagonist that is least effective, due to poor characterization, more background on this

The Sniper Essay, By: Phoenix Six ''The Sniper'', Liam O' Flaherty, Suspense. A Republican and A Free Stater sniper are at civil war and the Republican sniper unknowingly kills his brother. The sniper contains increased pacing, decreased pacing, and the order of events. The Sniper also, contains tons of suspense that occurs with timing. The sniper increases timing creates suspense. The Sniper creates suspense by increasing the timing such as when ‘’the Sniper quickly drew his knife from his pocket’’