to do about . And that is in keeping with most of what the remnants of the IRA have been up to; they have been busy in Northern Ireland with bombings and vigilante shootings, but they get caught and their bombs get intercepted. The police are succeeding against them, so far. But there is another message in these bombs, despite their failure. It is that nearly 150 years after the Fenians bombed Clerkenwell and killed 12 people, there are still Irish republicans who want to bomb on, however hopelessly, if only to keep a militant tradition alive. And there will be many in England, old enough to remember past explosions, whose response to the new bombs will have been a tired resignation to the familiar. Who now would bet that, in another 150 years even, there won't be future generations of Irish republicans sending bombs to London? What the new IRA has done is remind us of the exasperating tenacity of their grievance. Modern Ireland What impression do you have from the news accounts of the riots in 1997? Does anything about them surprise you? According to the newspaper articles, how has the I.R.A. changed since the 1920s? What is one main idea you can pull from these articles? Describe the evolution of the British relationship with Ireland, using specific lyrics, quotes, and references as examples.
to do about . And that is in keeping with most of what the remnants of the IRA have been up to; they have been busy in Northern Ireland with bombings and vigilante shootings, but they get caught and their bombs get intercepted. The police are succeeding against them, so far. But there is another message in these bombs, despite their failure. It is that nearly 150 years after the Fenians bombed Clerkenwell and killed 12 people, there are still Irish republicans who want to bomb on, however hopelessly, if only to keep a militant tradition alive. And there will be many in England, old enough to remember past explosions, whose response to the new bombs will have been a tired resignation to the familiar. Who now would bet that, in another 150 years even, there won't be future generations of Irish republicans sending bombs to London? What the new IRA has done is remind us of the exasperating tenacity of their grievance. Modern Ireland What impression do you have from the news accounts of the riots in 1997? Does anything about them surprise you? According to the newspaper articles, how has the I.R.A. changed since the 1920s? What is one main idea you can pull from these articles? Describe the evolution of the British relationship with Ireland, using specific lyrics, quotes, and references as examples.
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