Black and Tans: Former British soldiers who fought against the IRA/They fought the IRA and got their name from their uniforms (Something more than ‘They fought the IRA’ needed for 2M)

Bloody Sunday: The day when the Squad killed a... (More)

Why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain?

• Improved agricultural methods provided more and better food supplies
• Several new machines were invented in Britain at this time, which speeded up the manufacture of industrial goods.
• Britain ruled over many countries called... (More)

1) The Mesolithic Period (middle Stone Age 7000 BC).

First settlers

Evidence: Mount Sandal in Derry.

Houses: circular, wooden frame tied at top, covered with hides grass or bushes.

Food: nomadic hunter-gatherers (wild boar, duck, deer, fish, berries). Cooked on... (More)

Ireland in 1500

King was Lord of Ireland and had little control. The country was divided into 3 areas:

1. The Pale (English speaking, common law, cattle raids)
2. The Anglo-Irish lordships (Norman descendants, common law, some Irish customs)
3. The Gaelic Irish... (More)