Irsk modstand og Bloody Sunday

History of the Irish resistance…………………………………………………..3-8

Bloody Sunday…………………………………………………………………...8-9

Literature list……………………………………………………………………...9

Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..9

History of the Irish resistance.

Some historians believe that there has always been a tradition of armed resistance to the British military and political occupation of Ireland. This tradition almost only found effective expression when large sections of the Irish people were faced with the British government’s denial of their legitimate demand for Irish independence.

This was the exact case with an organisation that was formed in the 1790s. The organisation called itself – The United Irishmen, and was inspired by the American War of Independence and by the democratic ideals of the French Revolution.

The United Irishmen sought to resist the British government, by uniting the Irish people in a common effort to achieve equality and freedom. The united Irishmen choose to use non-violent means to win their aims, but were met with a repressive response from the British government. It was only then that The United Irishmen used arms to defend their liberty.

It was a pattern that was to be repeated several times during the next century and a half.

Armed uprisings against the British rule took place in 1798, 1803, 1848 and in 1867. The 45 years between 1803 and 1848 saw the Irish population mobilised in one of the first mass movements for political reform in the history of Europe, but the British government denied the demand for Irish independence, by the majority of the people.