F) Wales / Scotland / N Ireland

Celtic Fringe

Scotland, Wales, N Ireland

marg: Geographically ; Politically ; Economically

Wales

5% UK pop

Cardiff

IR: 18-19th : Coal, smelting

poorer England and scotland

cultural nationalism

Wales politic

working-class culture

Labour party

devolution : 1st : 79 = 80%non / 2nd : 97 = 51% yes

99 : national Assembly

Scotland city and history

Glasgow / Edinburgh

1603: Union Crowns

1688: Glorious Revolution

18th century : Jacobite Risings

1746: the Battle of Culloden : Jacobites lost

Scotland Economy and politic

Coal mining and shipbuilding

after de-industrialisation: high unemployment

devolution: 79 : failed / 97 : new referundum : won Scottish parliament

2014 : referundum independence : no

against brexit

Ireland : War of Independence beginning

war: 1916-1923

1801: Act of Union

april 1916: The Easter Rising

Proclamed independence

quickly crushed

The Anglo-Irish War

dec 1918 : election : proclamed independence again

1921: Anglo-Irish Treaty

in Free state: Civil War (22-23) pro vs anti treaty: pro win

Ireland- The troubles

1921-98

unionistes vs Nationalists

60s civil right movements for catholic

70s : escalation of violence :

72: bloody sunday / friday (belfast)

98 : good Friday Agreement signed

Northen Irish society today

poorest nation but rise in tourism

unionist/nationalist divide still exist