Religion in Ireland
- -The
Celtics settled around 400 B.C. Ireland should be very paranoid. Israel too.
- -The
Vikings terrorized Ireland 800-1016 AD they were in to pillaging and
plundering
- They
would drink large quantities of beer and then they would practice themselves
getting angry.
- -Around
1000 AD the earth started to warm up
- -The
Vikings started to all of a sudden become farmers. Around this time period
there was a movement towards Christianity.
- -1066
The French invaded
- -1172
King Henry II declares himself Lordship over Ireland. Most Irish start to
become catholic. The English have superior technology and most of the times
are going to win. Had superior was technology. After a series of battles the
English secure the region. They gave the Irish 1/3 of the land. The English
gave the Irish the worst part of the land
- -We
now have a split between religion and economics.
- -English
become extremely wealthy and the Irish become poor
- -Today
2/3 of the people are pretty much catholic, 1/3 are protestant
- -The
Catholics want reunification. They want a catholic Ireland
- -IRA:
Irish Republican Army (catholic)
- The
extremists try to win with violence
- -Orange
Order= protestant
- -AIDS=
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
- 50-80%
of Africa’s population has AIDS. The babies are born with AIDS
- The
way AIDS came along was there was a Danish doctor and she was trying to
treat the disease and then a monkey bit her. Aids are a serious threat and
it is on the rise. The virus incubates your system.
- Aids
in it self does not kill you. All it does is breaks your system down and a
common cold can kill you.
- They
now have a drug for AIDS and it is called AZT.
- Every
10 minutes someone is infected and this disease is non-discriminating
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