Link list

Examples

Links to Betty Williams, Mairead Corrigan and the Troubles in Northern Ireland

Peace People: http://www.peacepeople.com

Peace People was founded in 1976 by the two Nobel Prize Laureates and Ciaran McKeown and is sill active. The site includes detailed information on the foundation and development of the organization as well as material on its two most prominent activists, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan (speeches, articles, biography etc.).

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Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan are among the 20 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates who play an active part in PeaceJam. In the two sections of the website dedicated to them, visitors will find comprehensive material for use in lessons on peace education and on the women themselves (detailed interviews, speeches, essays and photos).

	Betty Williams: http://www.peacejam.org/betty/index.html
	Mairead Corrigan Maguire: http://www.peacejam.org/maguire/index.html

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Ireland's history:

http://www.irelandstory.com/

This website provides information about Ireland's history, geography and current political scene. Here you will find a wide range of maps. A good selection of links make the site a good starting point for Internet research on the subject.

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The website about the conflict in Northern Ireland

CAIN Web Service (Conflict Archive on the Internet)

http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/

This excellent website covers and documents every aspect of the Troubles since 1968 and leaves no issue untouched. Background information, case studies, chronologies, glossary, link lists - it's all here. If you are researching the Troubles in Northern Ireland, this is the place to go.

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