The island that Ireland resides on is split between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is what is commonly referred to as Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. Below, the counties in gray belong to the United Kingdom and the counties in green are that of the Irish republic.
In London, on December 6, 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed marking the end of the Irish War of Independence. Where as Northern Ireland still has a great deal of loyalty to the U.K., the Republic has now created its very own culture that has began to separate from its neighbors to the North. The best example of this would be what Ireland has given to the world of Literature.
James Joyce (Dublin),
Flann O'Brien (Strabane),
Jonathan Swift (Dublin),
Oscar Wilde (Dublin),
Bram Stoker (Dublin), as well as Nobel Prize
winners for Literature
William Butler Yeats (Dublin),
George Bernard Shaw (Dublin),
Samuel Beckett (Dublin) and
Seamus Heaney (Mossbawn) all are of Irish origin. The majority of them hail from Dublin making it the unofficial Literature capital of the world.
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How does Ireland rank in the Freedom House press freedom rankings? Also, where does the Irish media system fall, in regards to the press philosophies discussed in class?
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