UK/Irish History
UK/Irish History
Sometime before the start of the first millennium AD, the Celtic people of Western Europe took to boats and settled the two islands later known as Britain and Ireland. Since that time, the history of these two islands has been interconnected. The Irish invaded and created Scotland. The Norman British later returned the favour and launched an invasion that started centuries of fighting that lead to the political division of Ireland today.
Amidst this constant fighting, the two island have produced many of history's biggest names: King Arthur, St. Patrick, Henry VIII, Shakespeare, Thomas Moore, Duke Wellington, Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill, and so many more.
British Dark & Middle Ages
Georgian/Victorian Britain
Modern British History
- The Impacts of the 1918-19 Spanish 'Flu Pandemic in Britain
- How the Custom of Trick or Treat at Halloween Came to the UK
- Emily Wilding Davison: A Martyr for Women's Right to Vote
- Princess Diana: A Young Woman, A Young Mother And A Royal Tragedy
- Double VC who Fought to Save Lives and Paid with his Own
Ireland
- Boston College Ordered to Hand Over Paramilitary Notes to British
- John A. Costello, the Reluctant Irish Prime Minister - Taoiseach
- Irish President Michael D. Higgins' Inaugural Address, 11/11/11
- Stereotyping the Irish from the 16th Century to the Present Day
- Martin McGuinness MLA, from War to Peace, 1969-2011
topic editor
Jennifer Young -
Jennifer Young is a published writer living in Edinburgh.