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Major got more votes in 1992 than Maggie Thatcher ever did
On the flight over to London last week, two English guys were chatting and one of them had to double check what the time difference was between Ireland and England.
On the flight over to London last week, two English guys were chatting and one of them had to double check what the time difference was between Ireland and England.
An English mate of mine said they covered Catholic Emancipation in A level history. I don't think we even did that for the Leaving Cert. Didn't study Daniel O'Connell properly at all until I went to college.Why would they? They had loads of colonies, Ireland was just another one. If they had to think about how shit they treated all of them they'd never get out of bed.
The only problem with that Megan Nolan article is that she didn't hate the English before now.
When I say "Britain" I mean the Tory elites - and their knuckle-dragging henchmen who wear Chelsea jerseys and loudly shout at foreigners while getting pissed and sun-burnt.
I studied Daniel O'Connell for the Leaving - or Junior Cert - I can't remember which one! But yes... we did a lot on Catholic Emancipation.An English mate of mine said they covered Catholic Emancipation in A level history. I don't think we even did that for the Leaving Cert. Didn't study Daniel O'Connell properly at all until I went to college.
Maybe a little bit for the Junior cert but not much. Modern Irish History for the leaving started just after the famine and went to just after Lemass.I studied Daniel O'Connell for the Leaving - or Junior Cert - I can't remember which one! But yes... we did a lot on Catholic Emancipation.
My nephews-in-law (they're English) did some stuff on the Irish Famine in school, so it's not ignored.
But what is downplayed is how significant Ireland is in British history. For instance the Battle of the Boyne is certainly up with the Battle of Bosworth or the Battle of Agincourt... actually... it's way more significant than those! That led to the end of Catholic influence in the British aristocracy.
I also think the 1798 rebellion isn't covered at all in British history... yet Napoleon said that one of his biggest regrets was not supporting the Irish in this rebellion. Had that been successful (and it very nearly was), Britain would have been totally surrounded... and I think the Act of Union and everything that came afterwards was Britain effectively dismantling Ireland because the 1798 rebellion really scared the shit out of them.
It's also worth noting that the British Empire only expanded when Ireland was part of the Empire (like, Irish people were complicit in a lot of the atrocities of the British Empire)
Did it in the late 90s but it changed pretty shortly after us so would have thought it was the same. Who knowsI remember spending at least a month studying Daniel O'Connell and Catholic Emancipation in school. This was back in the early to mid 90's - so I'm not sure if it's changed since then.
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