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The Irish Troubles

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Tensions between Protestants and Catholics
Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.
A: After WWII the Catholics had more power in Northern Ireland.
B: The achievement of a united Ireland was made less likely by the Protestants.
C: The Welfare State had made it more profitable for them to stay with Britain.
D: The living standards in the Republic of Ireland were higher than in Northern Ireland.
E: Catholics were considered potential enemies of the State.
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The Good Friday Agreement
Tick the words or phrases related to the Good Friday Agreement.
A: 1998.
B: Civil rights.
C: Strike.
D: Decommissioning of weapons.
E: Relationships.
F: Peace.
G: Independence.
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Tensions between Protestants and Catholics
Read the sentences below and find the five mistakes in them.

1. Catholics were given many responsible positions in Northern Ireland.
2. In the late 1970s they gathered in a civil rights movement.
3. The movement aimed at securing independence.
4. This situation marked the start of the plays known as 'the Troubles'.
5. In this period tensions between the Protestant Unionists and the Catholic Royalists triggered riots between the two communities.
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Tensions between Protestants and Catholics
Match the event with the correct date.

1. The government approved internment: ________
2. Harold Wilson was elected Prime Minister: ________
3. In both parts of Ireland car bombs began to be used: ________
4. Harold Wilson sent the army to keep order during the riots in Belfast and Londonderry: ________
5. British paratroops shot dead 13 unarmed civil rights protesters in Londonderry: ________
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Tensions between Protestants and Catholics
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1. Internment is the practice of detaining or imprisoning individuals ________ a trial.
2. The protesters killed in Londonderry were involved in a ________ against internment.
3. The day of the incident was called ________ Sunday.
4. The IRA planted bombs in Britain to kill ________ civilians.
5. Two of these bombs caused 21 deaths in ________ pubs.
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IRA
Complete the sentences with the correct information.

1. The bloody incidents of these years resulted in a long war of ________.
2. There were attacks, negotiations and ________.
3. In 1976 a group of IRA prisoners in the ________ prison in Belfast raised their voices.
4. They claimed special ________.
5. They insisted they had committed their crimes for political ________.
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IRA
Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentence.

The group of IRA prisoners in Belfast
A: wore smart suits.
B: started to wear only their blankets.
C: were very respectful.
D: did not get much food.
E: soiled their cells with excrement.
F: went on hunger strike.
G: went on thirst strike.
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Bobby Sands
Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.
A: Bobby Sands went on hunger strike.
B: He died before the end of the protest.
C: He was the last of his group of prisoners to die.
D: He became the symbol of 'IRA martyrs'.
E: He died in 1977.
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IRA
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1. In ________ Ireland and Britain made a formal agreement.
2. The agreement stated that the Republic of Ireland should be involved in the affairs of ________ Ireland.
3. Violence ________ after the agreement was sealed, both in Britain and in Ireland.
4. One of the IRA's targets was Lord ________, murdered in 1979.
5. He was the uncle of Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince ________.
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Ceasefire
Complete the sentences with the correct information.
1. The British Prime Minister in 1993 was John ________.
2. His Irish counterpart was Albert ________.
3. They signed a historic declaration affirming the right of self-________ for the people of Northern Ireland.
4. ________ Féin was the IRA's political wing.
5. In 1994 they announced a ________.
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