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2 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.
1 day ago · Geography of Ireland. Ireland is an island in Northern Europe in the north Atlantic Ocean. The island, of up to around 480 km (300 mi) north-south, and 275 km (171 mi) east-west, lies near the western edge of the European continental shelf, part of the Eurasian Plate. Its main geographical features include low central plains surrounded by ...
2 days ago · The Proclamation of the Irish Republic was the founding document of the Easter Rising and the Irish republican movement. It was read aloud by Patrick Pearse outside the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin on April 24, 1916, marking the beginning of the rebellion. The Proclamation declared Ireland to be a sovereign, independent republic and ...
1 day 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.
4 days ago · Book: Irish Freedom: the History of Nationalism in Ireland. Richard English. Basingstoke, Macmillan, 2006, ISBN: 9781405041898; 640pp.; Price: £25.00. Reviewer: Dr John Regan. University of Dundee. Citation: Dr John Regan, review of Irish Freedom: the History of Nationalism in Ireland, (review no. 704) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/704.
5 days ago · Belfast is in Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. Belfast is in located in the northeastern quadrant of the island of Ireland; it is not part of the Republic of Ireland.
