Reading comprehension
Read our article about the history of the IRA on pages 27-30 of English Now No 111. Then match the proper nouns on the left with their descriptions on the right.
| 1. Republic of Ireland | |
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| a. an insurrection in Dublin |
| 2. Northern Ireland | |
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| b. considered the political wing of the IRA |
| 3. Irish Republican Army | |
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| c. part of Ireland under British rule |
| 4. Ulster Volunteers | |
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| d. the day a peaceful demonstration turned deadly |
| 5. Irish Volunteers | |
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| e. a republican paramilitary organisation |
| 6. Easter Rising | |
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| f. a war that began in 1919 |
| 7. Anglo-Irish War | |
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| g. a country of 26 counties |
| 8. Irish Civil War | |
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| h. a 30-year period of conflict |
| 9. the Troubles | |
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| i. a group formed to stop domestic self-government in Ireland |
| 10. Sinn Fein | |
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| j. a war between pro- and anti-treaty republicans |
| 11. Michael Collins | |
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| k. a group formed in 1913 |
| 12. Bloody Sunday | |
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| l. an Irish revolutionary hero |