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  Irish Republican Army - MSN Encarta
Irish Republican Army (IRA), name adopted by a number of armed groups dedicated to ending British rule in Ireland, including Northern Ireland, and claiming allegiance to an independent Irish republic.
Conversely, the Irish Volunteers were dedicated to ensuring that home rule was established as a first step toward their primary goal: the creation of an independent Irish republic.
By early 1914, Irish society and politics had been militarized by the two volunteer armies and there was the imminent possibility of a civil war over the issue of home rule.
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  Irish
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 Irish Independent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Irish Independent is Ireland's best-selling broadsheet newspaper.
It was re-launched in the early (Click link for more info and facts about 20th century) 20th century as the Irish Independent under William Martin Murphy, a controversial Irish businessman made notorious for his part in the 1913 Lockout industrial dispute in Dublin.
According to the, it had a daily (Movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels) circulation of 129,035 for the broadsheet version and 52,045 for the tabloid version during the first six months of 2004.
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 Independent Irish Party: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Independent Irish Party
The Independent Irish Party (1852-1858) was an Irish political party founded in July 1852 by 40 Irish MPs who had been elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Independent Irish Party initially achieved the balance of power in the British House of Commons.
The party was damaged by weak leaders and by the lack of support its received from the Roman Catholic Church.
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 Encyclopedia: Irish potato famine (legacy)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as...
Irish Republicanism is the nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a united independent republic.
Many Irish and American historians, however, still insist that happened was genocide, sometimes accusing some Irish historians, statisticians and researchers who state otherwise of pushing a British point of view, of revisionism and rewriting history to make excuses of British imperialism.
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 The Development of Irish Party Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
It is the case that Irish political history and the political socialisation of the population began during the eighteenth century in terrible conditions.
The party governed at those most historic moments in the twentieth century- the writing and ratification of the Irish constitution- Bunreacht na hEireann in 1937, the declaration of the Republic in 1949, and Ireland’s acceptance into the EEC in 1973.
The party was marginalised by the debate on the national question, on which it was unable to adopt a distinctive position, and moved swiftly into the position it has occupied since- that of third party in essentially a three- party system.
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 Labour Party (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí an Lucht Oibre) is a social democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland.
However, after the defeat of the trade unions in the Dublin Lockout of 1913 the labour movement was weakened, and the emigration of James Larkin in 1914 and the execution of James Connolly in 1916 further damaged it.
However the party is not known to have contested an election in the province since Gerry Fitt, then the party's sole Stormont MP, left the party to form the Republican Labour Party in 1964.
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 Irish Republican Socialist Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) describes itself as a republican socialist party and claims to be both Marxist and republican.
Like many political parties in Ireland, it claims the legacy of James Connolly, who founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party in 1896 and was executed after the Easter Rising of 1916.
The Irish Republican Socialist Party was founded on 8 December 1974 by former members of the Official Republican Movement, independent socialists, and trade unionists.
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 Irish Independent: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Irish Independent
It was re-launched in the early twentieth century as the 'Irish Independent' under William Martin Murphy, a controversial Irish businessman made notorious for his part in the 1913 Lockout[?] industrial dispute in Dublin.
For most of its history, the Irish Independent, (or the 'Independent' as it is called colloqually) was seen as a right-wing, nationalist, catholic newspaper, which gave its political allegiance to Cumann na nGaedhael and later its successor party, Fine Gael.
Its enemies accuse the Independent Group of holding an 'unhealthy dominance' of the Irish newspaper market, all the more so since the closure of the Irish Press Group[?] in the early 1990s; with the closure of the Evening Press, the Independent's Evening Herald is now the only Irish national evening newspaper.
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 Encyclopedia: Irish Parliamentary Party
In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.
The 1916 Easter Rising and the British reaction to it, radicalised Irish politics to such an extent that the IPP lost almost all of their seats in the 1918 general election to the more militant Sinn Féin, and was dissolved.
The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and...
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 Irish Independent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was re-launched in the early 20th century as the Irish Independent under William Martin Murphy, a controversial Irish businessman remembered largely for his part in the 1913 Lockout industrial dispute in Dublin.
Notoriously, the Irish Independent called for the execution of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916.
For most of its history, the Irish Independent (also called simply the Independent or, more colloquially, the Indo) was seen as a right-wing, nationalist, catholic newspaper, which gave its political allegiance to Cumann na nGaedhael and later its successor party, Fine Gael.
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 Irish American Republicans
The generation of Irish who have arrived here more recently are themselves now putting down new and deep roots and our a precious asset as we build a relationship and keep it fresh and vibrant for the future.
Irish priests and nuns established parochial schools that have helped generations of children build lives of prosperity and purpose.
Today, millions of American citizens are of Irish descent, and they and their forbears have helped shape our way of life, strengthened our economy, and contributed to the arts, and protected our Nation.
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 Irish Northern Aid, Inc./Irish History Overview
The Irish resisted strongly and it was not until 1601 in the reign of Elizabeth I of England that the Gaelic system of law and organization was broken.
The Irish Volunteers became the Army of the Republic, under the Ministry of Defense and pledging its allegiance to Dail Eireann.
Three mayors of Irish cities, all members of the IRA, were killed by the British; martial law was declared through nearly half of the country; streets, shops and factories in many towns were burnt to the ground; there were executions in prisons and torture in internment camps.
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 Sinn Féin: The Sinn Féin/SDLP Talks
Your party's bargaining leverage, plus the continuous need for Britain to apply time and energy through the mechanism of its various political initiatives, are proof enough that the armed struggle has been beneficial to the political aspirations of the nationalist community.
Stormont is not a stepping-stone to Irish unity.
Irish nation with the aim of normalising relationships within the Irish nation and between the Irish nation and the people of Britain.
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 The Northern Irish Party System
While within a decade the Irish Free State made the transition to a relatively normal political system, characterised by the alternation of power, the Northern Irish party system remained focused on the constitutional issue.
The Party was essentially pro-power sharing in early stages, but later, particularly under the influence of Hume, moved toward a joint authority position, although there was always a strong internal settlement faction within the Party.
The election of Trimble as party leader, given his record at the ‘siege of Drumcree’ was perceived as a move to the right by the UUP, although soon after being elected Trimble met with the Taoiseoch, the first UUP leader to do so since O’Neill.
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 Irish Stamps
On the Irish Stamp the Lady Liberty is depicted in front of the GPO and carries the Irish "tri-colour" (green, white and orange) rather than the French colors (blue, white and red).
Irish Volunteers, the military wing of the IRB, became known as the Irish Republican Army or the IRA.
The text is the 1916 Proclamation declaring the establishment of the Irish Republic (Poblacht na hEireann).
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 Sir Charles Gavan Duffy - Encyclopedia.com
Duffy agitated for the repeal of the union of Ireland and England, first working with Daniel O'Connell and then with the more radical Young Ireland movement.
Entering Parliament in 1852, he helped to found the Independent Irish party.
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 Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891)
The Commission found the letters to be forgeries but the Irish Party demanded Parnell's resignation, largely because William Shea, husband of Parnell's lover Kitty, had sued for divorce and named Parnell as co-respondant.
One of the effects of the disaster was to demonstrate to ordinary Irish people that the English Government had failed them in their time of need and that they must seize control of their own destiny.
In the second half of the nineteenth century the main concern of the Irish people was their land and the fact that they had no control whatsoever over it ownership.
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 Irish Politics - SFPL.org
The Irish Free State and its Senate : A Study in Contemporary Politics.
An introduction to the pre World War II period, a general history and a history of the senate are interwoven with accounts of major events.
The serious student of Irish politics will be find this detailed account of early political procedures an interesting and informative read.
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 New City For The West Of Ireland - Irish Independent
UP to six candidates are to run in the next general election in an effort to gain better infrastructure and more employment in western regions, the National Western Alliance Party said last night.
The party, which is unregistered, said it would run the candidates as independents to protest at the Government's alleged failure to develop the west.
Party spokesman William A Thomas said he would consider running himself but the five other candidates would not reveal themselves until an election was called, as they were "keeping their powder dry".
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 User:Jtdirl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Caint by the way is the Irish for talk.) The colours used in my sig are two of those of the Irish flag, green (for Irish nationalism) and orange (for Irish unionism).
The Irish tricolour, green, white and orange symbolises peace and reconciliation between unionism and nationalism.
The chandelier in the Irish House of Lords.
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 Irish Republican Socialist Party - Red Wiki
Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) describes itself as a republican socialist party and claims to be both Marxist and republican.
Like many political parties in Ireland, it claims the legacy of James Connolly, who founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party in 1896 and was executed after the Easter Rising of 1916.
The Irish Republican Socialist Party was founded on 8 December 1974 by former members of the Official Republican Movement, independent socialists, and trade unionists.
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 cat2001.doc
Redmond was leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party and opponent of the Easter Rising.
Mary Ward was an intrepid Irish woman who contributed significantly to the study of astronomy in the nineteenth century.
Superb study of Irish armour and dress and the creative art of the Irish stone carver by John Hunt, the renowned medievalist, archaeologist and the benefactor of the Hunt Art Collection now housed in the Custom House, Limerick City.
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 The Irish Parliamentary Party allied with Sinn Fein
The Irish Parliamentary Party prepared for the forthcoming event in the grave knowledge that its very existence was at stake.
Yet Irish nationalist activities simply were not among the immediate concerns of the British statesmen in the hectic weeks subsequent to the war.
Many would agree that the Party and its leaders played an essential part on the road to Irish independence, but it appears to have failed to understand the new society that was beginning to develop the world over.
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 Independent Irish Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The repeal of the Ecclesistical Titles Act, which banned Roman Catholic Bishops from re-assuming pre-reformation ecclesiastical bishropic titles in the United Kingdom, as well as the prohibition of the wearing of clerical outfits.
The Independent Irish Party initially achieved the balance of power in the House of Commons.
Charles Gavin Duffy left in despair and went to Australia.
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 Profiles of Irish Green Party Dáil Representatives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
He is currently Party Chief Whip, spokesperson on Finance and Social and Family Affairs, Community, Rural Development and the Islands.
He has drafted several party policy documents and election manifestos, has represented the party on national radio and television and at European Parliament committees and seminars.
He is proud of the Green Party's achievements on Dublin City Council, such as cleaner Dublin bay through better sewage treatment, and an increase in cycle lanes and cycle parking.
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 S/R 14: The Irish Green Party
However the Irish Nationalist position, that a simple majority on the island as a whole ought to dictate the form of political organization within the island and its external relations, falls well short of the ecological position.
The current peace process, such as it is, relies upon the political parties, who have been constructed out of the polarized binary majoritarian system, reaching an agreement which the people then are asked to endorse in a simple "yes or no" referendum.
One of the ways in which this can be done is by allowing them to express their preferences across a range of alternatives through a preferendum, offering up to a dozen constitutional alternatives to not only choose between but to list in order of preference.
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 Irish Terms
# * 26 Counties: Most of Ireland; became independent from Britain after the Easter rising of 1916 and the war of independence fought by the IRA between 1919-1922; also called the `Free State', 'Eire' or 'the Republic'.
Plural is A Chairde (Pron: oh KARR-DYEH) * AAI: Australian Aid for Ireland - Irish Republican solidarity organisation in Australia * Aer Lingus (Pron: AYR LING-uss): Irish national airline * Alliance Party: A small northern political party which wishes to maintain the union with Britain.
The British equivalent, led by Tony Blair, is the party of government at Westminster * Leinster House: The seat of the Irish parliament * Long Kesh: Large prison which formerly housed most 6-county political prisoners; the H-Blocks are located here.
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