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Bloody Sunday DVD
*NEW IN MARCH*

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This popular and gripping dramatic reconstruction is now available again:
On 30th January 1972, British Soldiers shot dead 13 unarmed civilians taking part in an anti-internment civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland. This event, Bloody Sunday, was a major turning point in the history of the modern Irish troubles, catapulting the conflict into a civil war, driving many young men into the IRA and fuelling a 25-year cycle of violence. This film tells the story of Bloody Sunday in just one day from dusk till dawn.

Starring: James Nesbitt

Directed by: Paul Greengrass

Running time: 105 mins

Subtitle options: none

Extras: Interviews, Commentaries and Documentaries

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Cal

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“ ... a doomed love affair and an account of the impossibility of living, in the circumstances of that doomed province, without redemption and without punishment”. CAL is a finely-drawn story of love and violence from Northern Ireland. Now in the Penguin Student Edition. (153 pages)
Level: B/C

0140817891

Conflict in Ireland

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If you need a good source of material about the conflict in Northern Ireland and its background, then this book is for you. The first section outlines the story, the second looks at individual issues. Most of the material is presented in a form that makes it directly usable in teaching in Denmark. Large format. Hundreds of photos, cartoons, tables etc. This book follows developments up to the 1998 Good Friday peace deal. (104 pages)

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Northern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction

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“A Very Short Introduction”. A good chronological introduction to the development and present status of the Northern Ireland. Accessible to good students. Contents: Divided Ulster – from Plant-ation to Partition; Home Rule in Ulster – Stormont's Record; Life Cheapens – The Descent into War; The Long War; The Long "Peace". (172 pages)
Level: Library/Depot/Students writing papers

0192801562

Northern Ireland: Managing Difference

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A Minority Rights Group Report.
As usual with MRG reports this one is short (38 2-column A4 pages) but tightly packed with information and insights into the situation. This report looks at the historical and cultural background, analyses the complex aspects of the problem, looks at possible solutions and finally evaluates the minority rights situation in the province.

1897693214

Provos — The IRA and Sinn Fein

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Now in paperback. Peter Taylor’s excellent book.The story of over 30 years of bloody conflict. No other English man has had so much insight into the motives, minds and the politics of IRA. And on top of that his book is as readable as a a thriller.

0747538182

Reading in the Dark

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A new novel by Seamus Deane that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The story of a childhood in Derry in Northern Ireland retold in short episodic chapters — but with underlying threads that become clearer as the novel progresses. The story of growing up with religion, the facts of life, death, the supernatural, the police etc. — but most of all a family life perverted by unresolved burdens of the past. (229 pages)
Level: A (excerpts can be read at lower levels).

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Struggle for Peace in Northern Ireland

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A really good source of material about the conflict in Northern Ireland and its background — presented in a large-format attractive form with hundreds of photos, cartoons, tables, boxes with “sources” etc. It includes a survey of aspects of Irish history from the 16th century and and a more detailed examination of the development of the partitioned Northern Ireland from 1922 to October 2001. Pick out a chapter to study with your students or use the whole book to give them a complete picture of the situation.
Contents: Chapter 1: Get Your bearings — Chapter 2: Does Irish history make conflict inevitable? — Chapter 3: Why was Northern Ireland created in 1922? — Chapter 4: How peaceful was Northern Ireland in 1922-68? — Chapter 5: Why did conflict break out in Northern Ireland in 1968-71? — Chapter 6: Why did attempts at peace fail in 1971-93? — Chapter 7: What made the Good Friday Agreement possible? — Chapter 8: Looking forward: peace at last?
Level: B/C/Linjefag/Library/Depot

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