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Battle of Culloden

2010-12-28T14:00:20Z

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'''Battle of Culloden
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The Battle of Culloden was part of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. It took place near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands on April 16, 1746 between the Jacobite followers of Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") and the British forces under the command of the Duke of Cumberland. The British army outnumbered the Jacobites and was also better equipped. The Jacobites, mostly consisting of Scottish Highlanders, were destroyed by the British in what is said to be a very bloody battle. The Scottish survivors were killed by the British afterwards.

After the battle, the Duke of Cumberland wanted to make sure that the Jacobites were no longer a threat to the British and "the government began to dismantle the structures of Highland society" (The National Trust for Scotland 2010). The Highland chiefs and clansmen had to give up their land and weapons and tartan was forbidden.

Sources:

Arnold-Baker, Charles. The Companion to British History. Routledge, New York. 2001.

The National Trust for Scotland. Culloden. 2010. http://www.nts.org.uk/Culloden/PPF/AfterCulloden/ [28.12.2010]

Reid, Stuart. Culloden Moor 1746. The death of the Jacobite cause. Osprey Publishing, Oxford. 2002.

Battle of Culloden

2010-12-28T14:00:07Z

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'''Battle of Culloden
'''
The Battle of Culloden was part of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. It took place near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands on April 16, 1746 between the Jacobite followers of Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") and the British forces under the command of the Duke of Cumberland. The British army outnumbered the Jacobites and was also better equipped. The Jacobites, mostly consisting of Scottish Highlanders, were destroyed by the British in what is said to be a very bloody battle. The Scottish survivors were killed by the British afterwards.

After the battle, the Duke of Cumberland wanted to make sure that the Jacobites were no longer a threat to the British and "the government began to dismantle the structures of Highland society" (The National Trust for Scotland 2010). The Highland chiefs and clansmen had to give up their land and weapons and tartan was forbidden.

Sources:
Arnold-Baker, Charles. The Companion to British History. Routledge, New York. 2001.

The National Trust for Scotland. Culloden. 2010. http://www.nts.org.uk/Culloden/PPF/AfterCulloden/ [28.12.2010]

Reid, Stuart. Culloden Moor 1746. The death of the Jacobite cause. Osprey Publishing, Oxford. 2002.

Battle of Culloden

2010-12-28T13:59:24Z

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'''Battle of Culloden
'''
The Battle of Culloden was part of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. It took place near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands on April 16, 1746 between the Jacobite followers of Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") and the British forces under the command of the Duke of Cumberland. The British army outnumbered the Jacobites and was also better equipped. The Jacobites, mostly consisting of Scottish Highlanders, were destroyed by the British in what is said to be a very bloody battle. The Scottish survivors were killed by the British afterwards.

After the battle, the Duke of Cumberland wanted to make sure that the Jacobites were no longer a threat to the British and "the government began to dismantle the structures of Highland society" (The National Trust for Scotland 2010). The Highland chiefs and clansmen had to give up their land and weapons and tartan was forbidden.

Sources:
Arnold-Baker, Charles. The Companion to British History. Routledge, New York. 2001.
The National Trust for Scotland. Culloden. 2010. http://www.nts.org.uk/Culloden/PPF/AfterCulloden/ [28.12.2010]
Reid, Stuart. Culloden Moor 1746. The death of the Jacobite cause. Osprey Publishing, Oxford. 2002.

Great Famine

2010-11-12T19:15:11Z

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The '''Great Famine''' is a term used to refer to a period of mass starvation between 1845 and 1850 in Ireland which has shaped Ireland's history substantially. It was caused by various bad harvests as well as the political conditions at the time. The Great Famine is "probably the best-known historical famine of all" (Ó Gráda 1999: 3)

The potato crops were first attacked by a potato blight in 1845 causing the crops to fail. Potatoes were the staple food for the Irish population, especially in the rural areas of the country.

Although many people were starving in Ireland, food was still exported to other countries. This is why some nationalists dislike the term famine and prefer the Irish name for the famine years ''An Gorta Mór'' which translates as ''The Great Hunger'' (Kinealy 1997: 1).

As a result of the famine, one million Irishmen which is about one eight of thhe entire population died and another two million left the country to start a new life abroad - most of them went to either Great Britain or overseas to the United States, Canada or Australia.

Sources:

Campbell Bartoletti, Susan: ''Black Potatoes. The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850.'' Houghton Mifflin Books, New York. 2001.

Ó Gráda, Cormac: ''Black '47 and Beyond. The Great Irish Famine in History, Econcomy and Memory.'' Princeton University Press, New Jersey. 1999.

Kinealy, Christine: ''A Death-Dealing Famine. The Great Hunger in Ireland''. Pluto Press, London. 1997.