Ireland, identité et frontières

📋 Plan du Cours

1. L’histoire politique de l’Irlande
2. Communautés et stéréotypes
3. Les choix politiques en 2024
4. Les fresques unionistes et nationalistes
5. Le gerrymandering électoral
6. Le football au-delà des frontières

📅 Repères chronologiques

1. 1919-1921The Irish War of Independence took place
2. 1920The Government of Ireland Act was passed and created Northern Ireland and a free state later known as the Republic of Ireland
3. 1921The Treaty of Ireland was signed
4. Late 1960s-1998The Belfast or Good Friday Agreement was a peace deal intended to end the conflict and create a peaceful state through the unification of Northern Ireland

📖 1. L’histoire politique de l’Irlande

📝 Points essentiels

• For 400 years, the entire island of Ireland was controlled by the English, before a twentieth-century geopolitical, governmental and religious division separated Ireland and Northern Ireland.

💡 Astuce mémo

1919-1921 : indépendance et partition → 1998 : accord de paix

📖 2. Communautés et stéréotypes

★ À maîtriser

• In the dialogue, the young people point out differences between Protestants and Catholics instead of focusing on similarities.

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