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英美影视 2012.3 – 2012.5 Ireland and Northern Ireland Some Historical Facts about Ireland  1801: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland came into existence.  1845-1849: Ireland suffered Potato Famine.  1921: A treaty between southern Ireland and Britain was signed to establish the Irish Free State.  1937: Southern Ireland adopted a new constitution creating the new state of Eire.  1949: The Republic of Ireland was proclaimed.  1972: The Republic of Ireland joined the European Economic Community (EEC) IRA (Irish Republican Army) The IRA (Irish Republican Army) is a military organization dedicated to the unification of all Ireland as one country under one government, separated from the UK. They are Catholics, and they resort to terrorist means to separate Northern Ireland from Britain. the IRA was inaugurated in 1919 on the base of a nationalist organization “volunteers of Ireland” formed in 1913, aiming to overthrow British rule over Ireland and set up an independent republic. IRA (Irish Republican Army) In 1921, IRA split into the pro-treaty National Army of the Irish Free State and the anti-treaty National Army which continued to refer to themselves as the IRA In 1969, IRA spilt again into Official IRA (Marxist) and Provisional IRA (militant traditionalist). The cessation of military operation was announced by IRA in August, 1994. In 1997, a new cease-fire was announced. In 2001, the IRA began disarming. In 2005, the IRA announced it had ended its armed campaign and decommissioned its weapons. IRA (Irish Republican Army) Irish Nationalism Neil Jordan (1950- )  As a writer/director, Neil Jordan has a highly idiosyncratic body of work, ranging from mainstream hits like Interview with the Vampire to commercial failure