Ireland

On Easter Monday in 1916, the Easter rising began. Easter Monday was on the 24th of April in 1916. The rising lasted until the 30th of April 1916.

There are 32 counties in Ireland 26 are free called the Republic of Ireland and the 6 in the north are collectively called Northern Ireland. These 6 are still in control of Britain, although the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998 (the peace process) this allows Unionists and Nationalists to share power in Northern Ireland, while the Republic of Ireland is free.

After the 1916 uprising was suppressed by British Army, many members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood were imprisoned in Wales and England. Upon their return to Ireland they formed the Irish Republican Army, dedicated to the independence of Ireland from British rule. From 1919-1921 they engaged in what became known as the Black and Tan War or the Irish War of Independence. In 1921, the British government reached out and requested a peace conference. Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith led a delegation to London for these talks while Eamonn DeValera, so-called President of the declared Irish Republic remained in Ireland. Collins was a figure known to the British by name only and had led guerrilla actions during the 1919-1921 war. During the talks, the British offered a peace treaty along with the recognition of the Irish Free State. It had originally been planned to separate the entire Province of Ulster from the other three provinces. However, it was realized that there would be a majority of Catholics in this northern entity. By removing the counties of Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal, a Protestant majority was guaranteed and this was what happened. The British threatened a complete and terrible war if this offer was not accepted. Knowing that the Irish Republican Army could not defeat the British Army in an all-out war, Collins brought the offer back to Dublin and recommended it's acceptance, feeling it was the first step towards true freedom. A majority of delegates to the Dail (Irish government) voted in favor of the treaty as proposed. Those against the treaty (anti-treatyites) were led out of the Dail by DeValera which led to the Irish Civil War (1922-1923). After the civil war, Ireland was a Free State, with those in government swearing allegiance to the British Crown. In 1937, a Constitution was drawn up naming the State as Eire from which came the Republic of Ireland. The other 6 counties (Antrim, Armagh, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Down and Derry) remain as part of the United Kingdom but have evolved into a state with it's own governing body in what some call Northern Ireland in many case England invaded Ireland

Ireland was neutral throughout the War, and had a lively (minority) Nazi party which would turn out to be of great advantage to fleeing Nazi war criminals in the immediate post-War years.

Invading Ireland would have been difficult (you have to go past the British Mainland) and pointless (Ireland was never at war with Germany).

Why would you?

yes there are no border restrictions from the republic,

they're the Irish republicans, the native, predominately catholic, Irish who have fought for Irish independence from England for 800 years. the republic of Ireland attained this goal in 1921. N. Ireland republicans continues the struggle.

No. The six counties of Northern Ireland are a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The rest of Ireland is a separate, sovereign country called The Republic of Ireland. Britain refers to England, Scotland and Wales, so no part of Ireland is part of Britain.

Well, 26 of the 32 counties got freedom from the Brits in War of Independence, 1921.

The rest is British still.

The Vikings invaded of the 9th century and established trading towns (such as Dublin). The Anglo-Normans invaded and colonized in 1169 and re-organized governmental and religious systems, but their influence had for the most part been confined to a narrow strip on the east coast known as the Pale. Beyond the Pale Irish language, laws and customs prevailed and the Norman colonists were assimilated. The English colonized Ireland in the late 16th century, and during the 17th century planted settlers and split Irish society between an English-speaking landed gentry and the local Irish-speaking, landless or nearly landless peasantry.

I have always thought this was an American expression, but I am not certain

The current president of Ireland is Michael D. Higgins. Before him were Mary McAleese, Mary Robinson, Patrick Hillery and Erskine Childers.

The Irish head of government is known as the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach must be appointed from among the members of Dáil Éireann which is what the Irish Parliament is known as. The Taoiseach nominates the remaining members of the Government, who are then, with the consent of the Dáil, appointed by the President. The Taoiseach also has authority to have fellow members of the cabinet dismissed from office. He or she is further responsible for appointing eleven members of the Senate - the upper house of government. The Taoiseach also nominates the Attorney General for appointment by the President. The Taoiseach also has the power to advise the President to accept the resignation of Ministers. The Taoiseach, as head of the Government, is the central co-ordinator of the work of the Ministers and their Departments of State. The Taoiseach also advises and guides the other members of the Government when faced particularly with issues requiring the successful working of the Government as a collective authority responsible to Dáil Éireann. The Taoiseach will set broad Government policy. The Taoiseach keeps the President informed on domestic and international policy. The Taoiseach has certain statutory responsibilities for the reform of the law, for official statistics and for the administration of public services which are not the responsibility of any other member of the Government. The Taoiseach answers questions in the Dáil where broad policy is concerned, or where issues specific to his department are concerned. The Taoiseach may also sponsor legislation which represents important new developments.

In the event that the Taoiseach loses the support of a majority in Dáil Éireann, he is not automatically removed from office but, rather, is compelled either to resign or to persuade the President to dissolve the Dáil. The President may refuse to grant a dissolution, and, in effect, force the Taoiseach to resign, but, to date, no president has exercised this prerogative.

An election must be held for Dáil Éireann at least once every 5 years, after which candidates for Taoiseach are nominated and voted upon. A Taoiseach can serve over several Dáil terms and a new Taoiseach can be elected at times other than after a general election. A change of Taoiseach doesn't necessarily mean that there is a general election, as it is within the power of the Dáil to vote on a new candidate for the position as Taoiseach.

The Celts called their idea of heaven "Green Erin" a nickname eventually given to Ireland. Green is the symbolic color of St. Patrick's Day because of his ministry as the 2nd Bishop to Ireland, also known as the "Emerald Isle" due to the lush ground cover of clover over the entire country, and because of Patrick's creation of the Order of the Green martyrs-those who were missionaries to Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Briton. St. Patrick was also known for being the first to use the Irish 3 leaf clover, also called the Shamrock, or Tri-foil, as an illustration of the doctrine of the Trinity. More information: The Irish don't wear green as such. The colour is used on flags, banners, team colours etc. traditional colour - first Irish flag, represents St. Patrick etc. It seems to be more of a stereo type. In films etc

For an indepth answer read Richard English's Irish Freedom. In short it is very complex but the root cause of the British Irish conflict lies in religion, the switch to protestantism on Great Britain, made Catholic Ireland a threat, because the reformation failed there. Both the Old English and Native Irish resisted the change and outside of places like Cork, Ulster and the Pale. It is then a long history of wrongs on both sides which are always followed by some retribution, this in turn makes both sides feel they are a wronged victim and thus righteous in their retribution. Propaganda combined with a poor knowledge of history have often warped facts to give a more divisive view. The answer below being an excellent example of such poor historical knowledge, as it merges the Strongbow expedition with the centuries later plantation of Ireland and also complete misses out the Scots. It is a very complex and interesting history which has no easy answer, and their are frequent points that radical altered the relationship such as the first world war. Ultimately though it was the division in religion that is the origin of the conflict.

The Irish-English conflict began in approximately 1108 AD, an English army landed on the east coast of the country and invaded the country. At this point in history Ireland was a place of great scholarship, it was the "Island of Saints and Scholars". During the English invasion many of the Irish leaders and cheiftans were killed and the English took control of the country. The English sent over thousand of "planters" to colonise the country. To ensure that the Irish people did not revolt against their new masters, the English banned all learning in Ireland. It became illegal for an Irish people to learn how to read or write. Schools were also banned for Irish people and the penalty was death for anyone who tried to teach the basic learning skills.

"The Irish-English conflict began in approximately 1108 AD, an English army landed on the east coast of the country and invaded the country."

Wrong. This never happened. There was an invasion in the 1100's, but it was led by Norman-Welsh men, who's king was French.

"During the English invasion many of the Irish leaders and cheiftans were killed and the English took control of the country. The English sent over thousand of "planters" to colonise the country. To ensure that the Irish people did not revolt against their new masters, the English banned all learning in Ireland. It became illegal for an Irish people to learn how to read or write. Schools were also banned for Irish people and the penalty was death for anyone who tried to teach the basic learning skills."

I am open to correction on this but as far as I understand the King of Leinster (Diarmuid MacMuraidh?) had promised to make a Norman lord (Strongbow) his heir in exchange for military assistance. He went on to become the next King of Leinster. Fearing that Strongbow would set up a rival kingdom to match his own, the King of England, Henry II travelled to Ireland in 1169 to receive homage from Strongbow and assert his control over Ireland. In reality that control only extended to the Dublin and the surrounding areas

When King Henry VIII was not able to have kids with his wife he asked the church for divorce. When church did not gave him permission, he made his own church which was against the Irish people who was catholic didnt wanted to change their religion, hence there was an English Irish conflict.

The shamrock comes from an old Irish folklore of luck. The say a four leaf clover is filled with good luck. find one, and you have a wealth of luck. The four leaf clover is also called, a shamrock.

The population of Ireland decrease do to disease and starvation.

Between death and emigration the population reduced by about 2 million. To this day, the population of Ireland has not reached the level of about 8 million that was there before the famine.

In the later Middle Ages, probably around 200,000.

Irish is a language more complex than English. You have to learn it.

Hibernophobia

Ireland is a separate country to England and has not joined it.