LESSON TERM EURO FRIDAY THE 20 TH OF FEBRUARY

 

Lesson term euro FRIDAY THE 20 TH OF FEBRUARY

 

WORDS OF THE DAY 

 what a banger ! ( quel tube) 

 THE POLITICAL DIVIDE = the political division 

albeit ( malgré) 

entrenched ( enraciné)

ex: some prejudices are entrenched 

be imbued (etre imprégné)

ex: ireland is imbued with the conflicts of the past  

STEP 1 VOCABULARY TEST

 

STEP 2 A BIT OF HISTORY

1.       Read the following words

THE BORDERLANDS HISTORY

KEYWORDS

SIN FEIN	The political party Sinn Féin – “we ourselves” – whose aim was to free Ireland from British rule and gain independence for the whole of Ireland, was created in 1905
THE UVF OR UNIONIST VOLUNTEER FORCE	A paramilitary militia  created in 1913 to oppose self-government in Ireland from Dublin and thus Home Rule.
HOME RULE	Home rule is the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens
THE IRA OR IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY	A paramilitary militia  created in 1919 to oppose The UVF and to obtain the full independence of Ireland .
THE EASTER RISING	It was a rising in Dublin on Easter 1916 organised by the IRA which was called the Irish Brotherhood at the time, to strike for an independent Ireland.It was led by the republican leaders Patrick Pearse and James Connolly.It was crushed by the british army and the movement was violent repressed.
THE DAIL	27 members of the Sin Fein party who had been elected members of the Parliament refused to go to London to sit at Westminter and decided to form an irish assembly albeit illegal .
THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND ACT	The repression of the easter Rising led to a guerilla war also called THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE  .Thus the British government to appease the tensions , voted The Government of Ireland Act of 1920 which established the partition of Ireland as it was designed to create two self-governing territories within Ireland, Southern Ireland and Northern Ireland, each with its own parliament and governmental institutions, and both remaining within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
THE IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE	Started in 1919 after the general elections but was mainly a result of the violent répression of the Easter Rising and lasted up to 1921 when a truce ( trêve) was signed
THE ANGLO IRISH TREATY	The very name indicates that  the British government and the Irish nationalist leaders were now on an equal footing. With this treaty the entire island of ireland became a self-governing dominion ( a bit like Canada) .Still it divided the island into Northern Ireland and the irish Free State. Northern Ireland first belonged to the Self-governing Dominion with an option to return later to the United Kingdom which it did after only 2 days
THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND OPTING OUT OF THE IRISH FREE STATE	After only 2 days, the government of Northern ireland which belonged to the self-governing dominion of ireland following the ANGLO IRISH TREATY  decided to leave the dominion and rejoin the UK thus actually dividing the country in 2.
THE IRISH CIVIL WAR	The ANGLO IRISH TREATY caused a split within the Republicans as some members wanted to carry on fighting to obtain  independence for the WHOLE OF THE ISLAND .This triggered a one year civil war within the republican side resulting in a victory for the PRO TREATY  supporters.The division was established.
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND	The irish Free State was still a dominion ( like canada) and became a sovereign fully independent democratic state in 1949.

 

 

2 listen to mrs devienne  explaining a bit more

 

3.KAHOOT https://create.kahoot.it/details/28d063e1-462f-4918-bffa-da8bcd68a3b4

 

STEP 4 STILL NOT ALL REPUBLICANS WERE SATISFIED

IMAGINE A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN PRO AND AGAINST TREATY FORCES WITHIN THE INDEPENDENT FORCES.

 

Among the treaty's main clauses were that:^[3][4]

• Crown forces would withdraw from most of Ireland.
• Ireland was to become a self-governing dominion of the British Empire, a status shared by Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand and the Union of South Africa.
• As with the other dominions, the King would be the Head of State of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) and would be represented by a Governor General (See Representative of the Crown).
• Members of the new free state's parliament would be required to take an Oath of Allegiance to the Irish Free State. A secondary part of the oath was to "be faithful to His Majesty King George V, His heirs and successors by law, in virtue of the common citizenship".
• Northern Ireland (which had been created earlier by the Government of Ireland Act) would have the option of withdrawing from the Irish Free State within one month of the Treaty coming into effect.
• If Northern Ireland chose to withdraw, a Boundary Commission would be constituted to draw the boundary between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.
• Britain, for its own security, would continue to control a limited number of ports, known as the Treaty Ports, for the Royal Navy.
• The Irish Free State would assume responsibility for a proportionate part of the United Kingdom's debt, as it stood on the date of signature.
• The treaty would have superior status in Irish law, i.e., in the event of a conflict between it and the new 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State, the treaty would take precedence.

 

 

 

DEBATE

I RECKON we need our own police and military forces to defend ourselves and that is what we would gain from this treaty 

we would acquire some form of democracy away from this british dictatorship  

Still our powers will be limited.But on the long run we could become a republic

if we oppose this treaty we will have to embark on a new independence war and we do not have the means to fight the british back again

with this treaty we have at last the opportunity to be self governed even though  we have lost a part of the isle.

we must bear in mind that this treaty will grant us peace at last free from the british .

Albeit the loss of a part of the island the majority of the land will be free with its own irish government.

I know it might imply some massive exodus from the Catholics living in the north but they will still find refuge in the southern  republic .

At last we will become a country on its own despite the loss of some territory.

I wish we could have achieved full independence but with the british and protestant presence that was not achievable yet.

 

HOMEWORK 

 APPRENDRE THE KEY WORDS