Approaching Ireland
- Discover Ireland [1] (Tourist Information)
- Ireland Travel Information [2] (Lonely Planet)
- Landscapes Unlocked: Northern Ireland [3] (BBC NI)
- RTÉ Radio [4] (Ireland’s National Television and Radio Broadcaster)
- RTÉ Television [5] (Ireland’s National Television and Radio Broadcaster)
- Irish Independent [6] (Newspaper)
- The Irish Times [7] (Newspaper)
- Belfast Telegraph [8] (Newspaper)
- Ireland [9] (Britannica Online)
- Ireland [10] (Wikipedia)
- Republic of Ireland [11] (Wikipedia)
- Northern Ireland [12] (Wikipedia)
- National Library of Ireland [13]
Gaining a historical overview
Web resources recommended by my students:
All-in-one resources
- Ireland. A brief history to partition [14] (recommended!)
- A (Very) Brief Histroy of Ireland [15] (BBC h2g2)
- A Brief History of Ireland [16] by Tim Lambert
- “Ireland a History” and “The Ulster Troubles” [17] (YouTube Channel)
- Timeline Northern Ireland [18] (History on the Net, do the Quickquiz [19])
- Geschichte Irlands bis 1921 [20] (German)
- History of Ireland [21] (Wikipedia)
Anglo-Norman Invasion
- nothing in here yet :-(
Penal Laws
- Plantation and Settlement of English and Scottish [22]
- Plantation of Ulster [23] (Wikipedia)
- Penal Laws [24] (Free Online Encyclopedia)
- Penal Laws [25] (Wikipedia)
- Protestant Ascendancy [26] – leading to the Act of Union (Wikipedia)
Battle of the Boyne
- Williamite Ascendancy [27]
- Educational Handbook for Secondary Schools [28] (Oldbridge Visitor Centre)
- William III [29] (recommended, much fun!)
Act of Union
- nothing in here yet … :-(
Potato Famine
- Irish Potato Famine [30] (The History Place)
- “The Ejectment”, Illustrated London News, 16 Dec. 1848 [31] (Ireland in Schools)
- Fields of Athenry [32] (YouTube)
- The Famine Years [33]
Irish emigration
- Irische Emigration [34] (German, including some links to more resources)
Easter Rising
- Easter1916: From Home Rule to Independence [35] (BBC History)
Anglo-Irish War
- Irish War of Independance [36] (Wikipedia)
- 1916 Easter Rising – Aftermath [37] (BBC History)
Irish Civil War
- Wikipedia article [38]
- Timeline of the war [39] (Wikipedia)
- Irischer Bürgerkrieg [40] (MSN Encarta)
Republic
- History of the Republic of Ireland [41] (Wikipedia)
- Kevin Myers: Irish sovereignty? A jolly little pretence and a sham [42] (independent.ie, 18 November 2010)
The Troubles
- Northern Ireland: The Troubles [43] (BBC History)
- In Pictures: The Troubles [44] (Belfast Telegraph)
- Shooting of Northern Irish police officer Stephen Carroll opens old wounds [45] (Irish Times, 11 March 2009)
- What they seek to destroy [46] (Irish Times, 11 March 2009)
- The Troubles – Geschichte des Nordirland-Konflikts [47] (German)
- Brown hails ‘new chapter’ in Northern Ireland as end to years of violence [48] (guardian.co.uk, 6 February 2010)
- Belfast rioters ‘will not plunge Northern Ireland back into conflict’ [49] (guardian.co.uk, 14 July 2010)
- Bloody Sunday [50] (the Guardian’s collection of articles)
- Blood and guns as famous ambush relived [51] (independent.ie, 24 January 2011)
- Kevin Myers: Re-enactment of RIC ambush is repulsive [52] (independent.ie, 28 January 2011)
- Why celebrate awful ambush? [53] (letter to the editor of the Irish Indepentent, 13 February 2011)
- Horror in Omagh as bomb kills Northern Ireland policeman [54] (guardian.co.uk, 3 April 2011)
- Omagh murder of officer stirs memories of 1998 atrocity [55] (guardian.co.uk, 3 April 2011)
Ireland’s way into Europe
- How Ireland Became the Celtic Tiger [56] (overview)
- Europeans admire ‘Celtic Tiger’ [57](BBC News, May 2007)
- Between The Lines: Celtic Tiger set to roar again as gloom subsides [58](The Scotsman, September 2009)
Please add more interesting websites.