IRELAND: A DIVIDED COUNTRY
Key Focus: Why is Ireland a divided
nation?
Key info:
Where should I hand it in?
_____________________
To whom should I hand it
in?
_____________________
When should I hand it in?
_____________________
Where and when is the
homework club?
_____________________
Effort (1 = outstanding,
5 = unacceptable)
WWW:
IOTI:
House Points (/10)
Glue this bit to stick in your exercise book (after it has been
marked…)
What part of the booklet could be improved to develop your work?
What do you need to do? (Look at the IOTI comment)
Make your improvement here:
2
Starter Task
Internet/iPad Research Task
•
Find a map of the British Isles
and sketch or print and stick:
•
Find and write five facts about Ireland:
•
Find a the flag for Republic of
Ireland and sketch or print and
stick:
3
Map of Ireland
The island of Ireland is split into two separate
nations, Northern Ireland and the Republic of
Ireland.
Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom,
while the Republic of Ireland is a completely
independent country.
As you work through this homework booklet
you will discover the reasons why Ireland has
ended up divided today.
4
Main Task 1
Different Religious Beliefs
Catholic Church services
are full of old traditions.
The churches are highly
decorated and services
are often read in Latin.
Catholics believe in the
practise of confession to
cleanse their sins. The
Irish during the Middle
Ages was almost
entirely Catholic
Protestant Churches are
very simple. When Henry
VIII changed the English
religion many of the old
statues and decorations
were removed from
churches. Protestants
believe that Christians
should not need riches to
be close to God and that
straight forward simple
churches and services in
English were much more
important.
List the similarities and differences between the Catholic church and the Protestant
church. Look at the picture as well as the writing.
5
The Normans had tried to interfere with Ireland in the 1100’s and every king
that had attempted to rule Ireland had failed.
Then the Tudors took the English throne. The most famous Tudor was Henry
VIII.
Read the information, then fill in the gaps:
1.
Henry VIII changed the English religion to Protestant the problems in
Ireland had worsened. Many of the Tudor monarchs decided that it would
be easier to control Ireland if they sent Englishmen to live there. Because
they were a different religion, people argued.
2.
.This upset many Irish people as the English settlers took their land and
they were also Protestant. The native Irish people often rebelled against
the new landowners and every time they did the rebels had even more
land taken away. As more English settlers arrived the relations between
the two groups got worse and worse.
6
Read bullet point 1 on page 6, then fill in the gaps
Henry changed the religion of Ireland from Catholic to
______________. This was because they had sent a
lot of ____________ to live in Ireland. But people
started to argue because they had different
__________.
Read bullet point 2 on page 6, then fill in the gaps
Lots of the English settlers in Ireland stole _______
from the Irish. The native Irish sometimes _________
against the English landowners. But every time that
they rebelled, the ___________ took more land of the
Irish. This made things worse.
7
Main task 2
Relationships get much worse
1.
By 1640 over 25,000 English settlers were living in Ireland. The hatred between
the English Protestants and the Irish Catholics turned into violence in 1641 when
thousands of English settlers were killed by the Irish. The English government
wanted revenge for all of the dead settlers. But England was fighting a Civil War
in their own country and could not go for revenge straightaway.
2.
By 1649, the English Civil War was sorted out and so the English were ready to go
and get revenge. The English leader, Oliver Cromwell, put an army of 12,000
men together and went to Ireland to take control.
3.
When they got to a big Irish city, called Drogheda, Oliver Cromwell wrote the
letter that is below. Read the letter (source C) and the cartoon on the next page
to find our what happened.
I order the city of Drogheda to surrender. If
you do surrender, you will be allowed to live.
If you do not surrender, you will not be able
to blame me if you die.
Read this page and the cartoon on page 6. Then answer these
questions on page 7.
1.
2.
3.
Why did the English want revenge? (point 1)
Explain why the Irish Catholics may hate the English after the
events shown above? (read the cartoon)
What interpretation (impression) do you have of Cromwell?
Write a list of 5 words you would use to describe him.
8
9
Relationships Worsen
Answer the questions from page 8 here
Main task 3
Imagine you were an Irish man or woman called Patrick or Molly Kelly who was in
Drogheda when Cromwell’s men captured it. (This was the story in the cartoon
you read on page 9). Afterwards, when it is all over and you have survived, you
send a postcard to your mum who lives in a village a long way away. She has
not heard what has happened at Drogheda.
• In the first box, design the picture you would put on the front of the
postcard to show her what happened.
• In the second box, write a message for your mum to say what happened.
Mrs. Kelly
3 Bluebell Lane
Athlone
Ireland
11