Why Ireland split into the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland

A brief overview of the history of Ireland and the events that led to the political division of the island.

Including: the Norman and Tudor conquest of Ireland, the break away from the Roman Catholic Church, the Union of the Crowns, the various Irish Rebellions, Oliver Cromwell's effect on Ireland, Irish joining the Union, the Irish War for Independence, the following Civil War, and the recent violence in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles.

MUSIC:
"Lord of the Land" by
Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/)

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