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2 days ago · Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, lying in the northeastern quadrant of the island of Ireland, on the western continental periphery often characterized as Atlantic Europe. Northern Ireland is sometimes referred to as Ulster , although it includes only six of the nine counties which made up that historic Irish province.
- Cultural Life
Northern Ireland - Culture, Traditions, Music: Cultural life...
- Economy
Northern Ireland - Economy, Agriculture, Manufacturing:...
- Early Modern Ulster
Northern Ireland - Plantations, Conflict, Union: During the...
- Climate
Northern Ireland - Maritime, Temperate, Rainfall: Northern...
- Religion
Northern Ireland - Religion, Protestantism, Catholicism: The...
- Finance
Northern Ireland - Economy, Taxation, Investment: Unified...
- Disintegration of Stability
Northern Ireland - Disintegration of stability: By the...
- Security, Conflict, Peace
Northern Ireland - Security, Conflict, Peace: Policing is a...
- Justice, Law, Conflict
Northern Ireland - Justice, Law, Conflict: In most respects...
- Armagh
Armagh, city, Armagh City, Banbridge, and Craigavon...
- Cultural Life
3 days ago · Apr. 30, 2024, 1:13 AM ET (BBC) The Troubles: Ex-soldiers not prosecuted over 1971 deaths. the Troubles, violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists), who desired the province to remain part of the United Kingdom, and the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic ...
4 days ago · Ireland ( Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ ), also known as the Republic of Ireland ( Poblacht na hÉireann ), [a] is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island.
3 days ago · Belfast, city, district, and capital of Northern Ireland, located on the River Lagan, at its entrance to Belfast Lough (inlet of the sea). Belfast became a city by royal charter in 1888. After the passing of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, it became the seat of the government of Northern Ireland.
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1 day ago · And yet here stands O'Neill, a 47-year-old Catholic woman and the first nationalist leader of Northern Ireland—a province she one day hopes to abolish. O’Neill, who is from a prominent Irish ...
4 days ago · In Northern Ireland, Lough Neagh is by far the leading source of water. The River Shannon, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi) in length, is the longest river in Ireland and Britain. With a drainage area of 16,865 km 2 (6,512 sq mi), the Shannon River Basin covers one-fifth of the island. The Shannon crosses 11 counties and divides the west of ...
2 days ago · The Northern Ireland Assembly (Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie), often referred to by the metonym Stormont, is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom , and to appoint the ...
