in this video we're going to learn about some of the key events that took place
on the road to irish independence i'm going to explain the irish for these important
historical moments and along the way you're going to learn some irish but
you're also going to learn a little bit about stair na hÉireann the history of ireland
so let's start with the 1801 act of union before 1801 the united kingdom just
consisted of england scotland and wales but due to a series of violent rebellions that took place in ireland
in the 1700s most notably the 1798 rebellion the british wanted to bring ireland under more control
and they thought that by making ireland an integral part of the united kingdom
they would achieve this so from 1801 the country became known as
the united kingdom of great britain and ireland the irish for the act of union is
acht an aontais
and aontas on its own means union aontas
faoi smacht means under control, faoi smacht
next let's look at the great famine the great famine took place in ireland from 1845 to 1850
this was caused by a fungus known as blight affecting the potato crop the fungus in irish
is sometimes referred to as dubh which is the irish for black dubh because that's what happened it
made the potatoes go black over one million people died of starvation and disease and a further
million emigrated during this time and many were
forced to emigrate on coffin ships as they were called president joe biden
made reference to this quite recently
when my great grandfather got in a coffin ship in the irish sea expectation was was
he was he gonna live long enough on that ship to get to the united states of america
but they left because what the brits had been doing they were in real real trouble
they didn't want to leave but they had no choice
the irish for the great famine is an gorta mór which literally means the great hurt or the huge hurt
it's also known as drochshaol as well which means the bad life or the tragic life
an drochshaol
the irish for a famine ship is long ó thréimhse an ghorta
that literally means a ship from the times of hurt long ó thréimhse an ghorta
in the late 1800s and early 1900s irish people began to seek home rule home rule basically
means self-government and they were looking for a very limited form of self government
the irish for home rule is rialtas dúchais which literally translates as native government
you could also say féin rialtas as well which also means self-government
as i said it was just a basic form of self-government that the irish were seeking
at that time bunúsach which is basic
as the 20th century wore on irish people became more and more frustrated and
exasperated by the refusal of the british to grant even a basic form of home rule
this culminated in a series of events that took place that would change the course of
irish history forever the 1916 rising could be the start of the series of key events this was
a violent rebellion that took place mainly in dublin but there was also risings in other parts of the
country such as enniscorthy although the rising ended in failure it was an important stepping
stone towards the war of independence which took place from 1919-1921 this was a guerrilla
war mainly fought by the IRA against british rule in ireland after the war of independence a treaty
was signed as part of the treaty ireland was partitioned into two 26 counties would go on
to become the irish free state while the six counties in the northeast
became known as northern ireland
and they would remain part of the united kingdom
and two factions emerged from this the pro treaty and the anti-treaty a civil war
was fought between 1922 and 1923 and eventually ireland settled down and became
a free state as part of the british commonwealth
the irish for the easter rising is éirí amach míle naoi gcéad is a sé déag the 1916 easter rising
the irish for the war of independence is cogadh na saoirse
and the irish for the civil war is cogadh cathartha
moving on then to 1949 in that year ireland became a republic the irish for republic
is poblacht poblacht
so from 1949 until the present day
the 26 counties of the republic of ireland has operated as an independent & sovereign state
the six counties of northern ireland
remain a part of the united kingdom (technically)
at the time of making this video that was the case although the
expectation is that a united ireland is not that far away
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thanks for watching slán tamall.