Ireland was England’s first …1... and this must never be forgotten when … 2…. Irish history .
Ever since the first English soldiers …3... on Irish soil nine centuries ago, there has been much
…4... and bloodshed. Most people see the problem of Ireland as …5... Everyone agrees that the Irish people can be …6... into two clearly cut ...7... Catholics and Protestants. Everyone agrees that religious …8... has helped to keep these two groups apart. But historians …9... the problem of Ireland to be essentially …10... The …11... of modern Ireland …12... to the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries when, under the …13... and later under …14... English and Scottish Protestants were sent to Ulster as …15... Their main …16... was to …17... over the rebellious Catholic …18...
At the end of the eighteenth century Protestants formed a …19... which they called, in …20... of
William of Orange, the ‘Orange Society’. The object of this society was to make sure that Protestant Loyalists, i.e. Protestants loyal to the British Crown, never lost control in Ulster. Orangemen throughout their history have always been …21… ; they have caused ...22… , and they have fought Catholics at the slightest …23... They armed themselves and threatened to fight …24… become part of the Catholic south.
a- society, b - colony, c - frequent riots, d - settlers, e - natives, f - rather than, g - troubles, h –
consider, i – considering, j - Cromwell, k – colonial, l – educational, m – Tudor monarchs, n -
set foot, o - religious groups, p - go back, q - honour, r – misery, s – intolerance, t - keep a watch,
u – duty, v – militant, w – provocation, x – religious, y – reservation, z - divided
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Ireland was England’s first …1- b - colony... and this must never be forgotten when … 2 - i – considering …. Irish history.
Ever since the first English soldiers …3- n - set foot... on Irish soil nine centuries ago, there has been much …4 - r – misery... and bloodshed.
Most people see the problem of Ireland as …5- x – religious...
Everyone agrees that the Irish people can be …6 - z - divided... into two clearly cut ...7 - o - religious groups... Catholics and Protestants. Everyone agrees that religious …8 - s – intolerance... has helped to keep these two groups apart. But historians …9- h – consider... the problem of Ireland to be essentially …10 - k – colonial... The …11- g - troubles... of modern Ireland …12- p - go back... to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when, under the …13- m – Tudor monarchs... and later under …14- j - Cromwell... English and Scottish Protestants were sent to Ulster as …15- d - settlers... Their main …16- u – duty... was to …17 - t - keep a watch... over the rebellious Catholic …18- e - natives... At the end of the eighteenth century Protestants formed a …19 - a- society... which they called, in …20 - q - honour... of William of Orange, the ‘Orange Society’. The object of this society was to make sure that Protestant Loyalists, i.e. Protestants loyal to the British Crown, never lost control in Ulster. Orangemen throughout their history have always been …21- v – militant … ; they have caused ...22- c - frequent riots … , and they have fought Catholics at the slightest …23- w – provocation... They armed themselves and threatened to fight …24- f - rather than … become part of the Catholic south.