Choose three events describe the impact each one has had on the history of the conflict in Ireland. In your answer try to explain which event has the greatest influence on the conflict

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Choose three events describe the impact each one has had on the history of the conflict in Ireland. In your answer try to explain which event has the greatest influence on the conflict

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This is an essay on the conflict in Ireland. These are the events that have caused the conflict, the main one is that the Catholics wanted a united Ireland where they had Home Rule while the Protestants wanted the British involved to have British Rule, the other thing that caused the conflict was when Henry VIII made himself head of the Church of England, this then caused the three events that are written in this essay they are the Battle of the Boyne, Civil Rights Movement and the Good Friday Agreement.

The Battle of the Boyne was caused because King James tries to use Catholic troops to win the throne back off of William of Orange. James attacks the city of Londonderry and is held back by the apprentice boys of the city. The food was running out so they had to eat cats, dogs, candles and leather so they could stay alive. Thousands died of disease. This then gives time for the British ships to sail up the River Foule to help William to defeat James in the battle in July 1699. After the battle James fled to France.

The Protestants are now dominant because of this; they own most of the land and there is no serious challenge to Protestant hegemony for over 100 years. In 1695 the Penal Laws are made and are very severe on the Catholics. Contemporaries referred to laws restricting the rights of Catholics as 'popery laws', and may not have viewed the legislation spread over three decades as a systematic code. The Irish Parliament after 1691 almost exclusively represented the landed interest of the Church of Ireland - that is, the Established or Anglican Church. The Protestant elite was convinced that the fruits of victories won between 1689 and 1691 could only be enjoyed if Catholics were kept in subjection.

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The Irish Parliament began the Penal Code in 1695 by preventing Catholics from bearing arms, educating their children and owning any horse above £5 in value. William III, anxious not to alienate Catholic allies in the wars against France, viewed the demand for further legislation along these lines with some distaste, and it was in Queen Anne's reign that some of the most comprehensive laws were passed, particularly the Act to Prevent the Further Growth of Popery in 1704.The last penal law, which deprived Catholics of the vote, did not enter the statute book until 1728. Catholics could not buy ...

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