History :

• The Queen's speech at the Irish State Dinner : VIDEO ,   TRANSCRIPT, AUDIO
  (sabironlangues.typepad.fr)

  

• The Queen in the Republic of Ireland - 17-20 May 2011 + videos (BBC)
  
  
  

  • Giant leap' for relations
  • Queen's sympathy for Irish people
  • In full: Queen's Ireland speech
  • Arrests at Dublin Queen protest
  • Feast fit for a Queen
  • Queen visits horsebreeding centre
  • All the Queen's horses
  • In pictures: The Queen in Ireland
    
  • Visit 'will be remembered'
  • Showcasing the country
  • Queen's final day of state visit to Republic of Ireland

  
  "Next on the Queen's itinerary was an inspection of the Irish guard of honour.
  An Irish army band played God Save the Queen and carried out a 21-gun salute."
  
  See Cartoons
  
  

• How De Valera asked UK to smear IRA chief Sean Russell
  "Newly released documents suggest that the man who helped secure an independent Ireland, Eamon de Valera, covertly co-operated with Britain to crush the IRA."
  (BBC)

  

• Loss of faith in the Irish fairy tale
  "As Ireland prepares to choose a new government, its journey from boom to bust and the years of austerity and pain which lie ahead are likely to be at the forefront of many voters' minds."
  (BBC)

• Bloody Sunday: interactive map
  "The long-awaited Bloody Sunday inquiry report sheds new light on the events of 30 January 1972.
  Our interactive graphic shows how the day unfolded and highlights Lord Saville's conclusions on the shootings at a civil rights march in Derry."

  

• The Great Irish Famine - An Epic of Death and Immigration
  (squidoo.com)

  

• History of Ireland (Wikipedia)
  1 Early history: 8000 BC-AD 400
  2 Early Christian Ireland 400-800
  3 Early medieval era 800-1166
  4 Later medieval Ireland 4.1 The arrival of the Normans 1167-1185 4.2 The Lordship of Ireland 1185-1254 4.3 Gaelic resurgence, Norman decline 1254-1360
  5 Reformation (1536-1654) and Protestant Ascendancy (1654-1801) 5.1 Re-conquest and rebellion 5.2 Civil wars and penal laws 5.3 Colonial Ireland
  6 Union with Great Britain (1801-1922)
  6.1 Home Rule, Easter 1916 and the War of Independence 6.2 Free State/Republic (1922-present) 6.3 Northern Ireland 6.3.1 "A Protestant State" (1921-1971)
  6.3.2 Direct rule (1971-1998) 6.3.3 Devolution and direct rule (1998-present)
  7 Flags in Ireland...

• Ireland's History in Maps (rootsweb.com)
  + Surnames

• Events in Irish History (irelandseye.com)

• A Timeline of Irish History (rootsweb.com)

• Island Ireland directory for Irish history. (islandireland.com)
  Home - Around Ireland - Folk Culture - Information - Resources - Arts & Music - Architecture - Archaeology - Irish Language - Environment - Literature
  
  

• Complete History of Ireland (wesleyjohnston.com)
  In-Depth: The Great Famine - The Omagh Bomb - The 'Troubles'
  + Historical Maps

• Ireland free information
  including history of Ireland reports, free screen savers, celtic clip art, Irish coat of arms, family crests & genealogy guides,
  Irish literature, gifts and more
  (ireland-information)

• Ireland : History, Geography, Government, links (Factmonster)
  
  
  The great Irish famine

Posters :

• Ancient Ireland - a poster (aweebitoireland.com)
  
  

PowerPoint Presentations :

• Bloody Sunday - 30th January 1972 - PowerPoint (schoolshistory.org.uk)
  
  

Webquests :

• Ireland - a webquest ou en PDF
  Webquest sur l'Irlande et l'Irlande du Nord qui concerne la géographie et l'histoire - niveau 3ème - pour préparer le visionnage du film 'Bloody Sunday' de Paul Greengrass.
  Envoyée par Hortense de La Roche (Ac Versailles)

• Ireland - a webquest (webquests.cthivin.free.fr)

  

Cartoons :

Songs :

• Sunday Bloody Sunday - a song by U2 - A worksheet

  Sunday Bloody Sunday - a song by U2 - A PowerPoint Presentation

  Sent by Hortense de La Roche (Ac Versailles)
  
  See Sunday, Bloody Sunday

• Thousands are sailing - sung by The Pogues
  "Thousands are sailing
  Across the western ocean
  Where the hand of opportunity
  Draws tickets in a lottery
  Where eer we go, we celebrate
  The land that makes us refugees..."
  (lyricsfreak.com)
  - the VIDEO :
  A short film about emigration from Ireland due to the potato famine.
  The film is set to The Pogues song - Thousands are sailing
  (YouTube)
  
  
• CRANBERRIES - "ZOMBIE"
  
  
  • Zombie (song)
    "Zombie" is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries from the 1994 album No Need to Argue.
    It is about the conflicts in Northern Ireland known as "The Troubles", with references to the Easter Rising of 1916."
    (Wikipedia)

    VIDEO (YouTube)

• Famine by:Sinead O'Connor
  "See Irish people were only allowed to eat potatoes
  All of the other food
  Meat fish vegetables
  Were shipped out of the country under armed guard
  To England while the Irish people starved"
  (sing365.com)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)

VIDEOS :

• Thousands are sailing - sung by The Pogues
  "Thousands are sailing
  Across the western ocean
  Where the hand of opportunity
  Draws tickets in a lottery
  Where eer we go, we celebrate
  The land that makes us refugees..."
  (lyricsfreak.com)
  - the VIDEO :
  A short film about emigration from Ireland due to the potato famine.
  The film is set to The Pogues song - Thousands are sailing
  (YouTube)

• Irish History - 20 VIDEOS
  ex : Part 17 : History of the troubles in Northern Ireland with a particular focus on the Bloody Sunday massacre
  (YouTube)
  
  
  
  
  

CINEMA :

• Bloody Sunday