The year 2020 marked 81 years since the start of the Second World War and Ireland’s declaration to abstain from it. As time continues, we become further and further detached from the events in...Show moreThe year 2020 marked 81 years since the start of the Second World War and Ireland’s declaration to abstain from it. As time continues, we become further and further detached from the events in human past that have so greatly affected the world we live in today, however, the study of history can bring these events closer to the modern human experience. This artificial closeness can be used as a tool to explain how and why historical events occurred as they did and allow us to learn more about not only the world of yesterday but also the world of tomorrow. This thesis will use Ireland’s 1939-1945 policy of neutrality to test neorealism and liberalism to assess what can be learned not only about said theories, but too the history they are applied to. This can hopefully shine more light on how current theories can be applied outside of the modern world.Show less
Deze afstudeerscriptie is een case study van drie Ierse Republikeinen, Austin Stack, Michael Fitzgerald en Mary MacSwiney, die in de periode 1916-1923 in hongerstaking gingen om een onafhankelijke...Show moreDeze afstudeerscriptie is een case study van drie Ierse Republikeinen, Austin Stack, Michael Fitzgerald en Mary MacSwiney, die in de periode 1916-1923 in hongerstaking gingen om een onafhankelijke Ierse Republiek te realiseren. Deze scriptie heeft aangetoond hoe deze hongerstakingen gelegitimeerd werden door de Republikeinen en hoe de Ierse bevolking reageerde op de hongerstakingen. De drie cases zijn met elkaar vergeleken om per periode de verschillen te ontdekken in de legitimering van de hongerstakingen en de reactie van de bevolking.Show less
This thesis explores the relationship between Ireland and Great Britain in times of The Great Famine (1845-1850), and discusses the factors that contributed to the deterioration of this relationship.
