Word: britishism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...British and Irish leaders signed the treaty April 10, creating a new government for Northern Ireland which will involve greater coordination between Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Previously, Britain has assumed sole control over the province, which consists of six of the original nine counties of Ulster...
Cahill identified the "super majority" provisions, which require both Catholic and Protestant politicians in a new bipartisan assembly to approve legislation, as the treaty's most important innovation. Both sides, he said, received part of what they wanted in the accord, which is intended to end the violence over British rule in Northern Ireland...
...terms of human rights Cahill pointed to what he called historic oppression of the Catholic Irish majority by the Protestant minority and the British government. Specifically, he pointed to the Orange Order, a Protestant loyalist group which marches each Easter to commemorate along-ago victory over the Catholics, as a vigilante organization...
Cahill said mass movements form a vital part of the Nationalist, or anti-British, fight in Northern Ireland...
...Americans and British celebrate the end of World...