Since I'm looking into the history of N.I. and The Troubles and the divide in the country, I thought I should better understand how the island of Ireland split to begin with. This is what I've learned. In the 12th century, after the Normans had invaded England and had taken the thrown, they decided to …
The Troubles
Considering what a massive thing The Troubles was in Northern Ireland's history, and the fact that N.I. is a part of the UK, you'd think everyone would know what it was, right? Nope! Not my generation anyway. I remember when I first came to England to go to uni, and my new friends asked me …
The Twelfth
According to a 2007 Tearfund survey survey, Northern Ireland is the most religious part of the UK, with 45% regularly attending church. I personally like to call myself a Hopeful Agnostic. I think I want to believe there's something out there, whether that's God or the Universe or something else, I don't know. More importantly, …
Protestant Vs Catholic
I can't talk about politics and the history of N.I. without first clarifying the differences between Catholics and Protestants. During The Troubles (which I'll speak about more later) one side supported the union of N.I. with Britain, otherwise known as Unionists (or Loyalists) who were usually Protestant, and the other was opposed and wanted a …
Hi!
Hey. Welcome to my blog. I suppose I'd better introduce myself. My name is Amy, I'm 21-years-young and I'm from Northern Ireland. I live half of my year in N.I. and the other half in Leeds where I study Fashion Communication at university. Funny enough, the latter is actually the reason behind this blog. I'm …
time to change 