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  Ireland Act 1949 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Ireland - MSN Encarta
Ireland’s only land border is with Northern Ireland, a province of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to the northeast.
Ireland became an integral part of the United Kingdom by the Act of Union of 1800.
The principal rivers of Ireland are the Erne and the Shannon, the longest river in the British Isles.
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 Ireland Resource Center - kathy ireland
On 1 jobs in ireland April 1949 the Republic of Ireland Act declared a republic, with the functions previously given to the King given instead to the President of Ireland.
Irish governments have sought the peaceful reunification of Ireland and have usually cooperated with the British government in the violent conflict with the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland known as the "Troubles".
The Republic of Ireland is a small, modern, trade-dependent economy with growth averaging a robust 10% in 1995 2000, and 7% in 1995-2004.
www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Banks_H_-_K-/Ireland.html   (3482 words)

  
 Global Harvest Ministries
The partitioning would have a lasting impact on Northern Ireland as the act provided for separate parliaments: one in Belfast serving six counties in the north and the other in Dublin for the remaining 26 counties.
Ireland is a young country with half of its population under 28 years old.
Northern Ireland is often referred to as the province of Ulster (and its inhabitants as Ulstermen), though it includes only six of the nine counties which made up that historic Irish entity...
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 Northern Ireland Resource Center - nursing agencies in northern ireland
Northern Ireland was covered by an ice sheet for most of the last ice age and on numerous previous occasions, the legacy annalong northern ireland of which can be seen in the extensive coverage of drumlins in Counties Fermanagh, Armagh, Antrim and particularly Down.
Ireland was partitioned in 1921 under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 between six of the nine Ulster counties in the northeast (forming Northern Ireland) and the remaining twenty-six counties nursing agencies in northern ireland of the south and west (forming the Irish Free State in 1922).
The Ireland Act 1949 gave the first legal guarantee to the Parliament and Government that Northern Ireland would not cease to be part of the United Kingdom without consent of the majority of its citizens, and this was most recently reaffirmed by the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
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 Republic of Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Republic of Ireland (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official "description" of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe.
On 1 April 1949 the Republic of Ireland Act declared a republic, with the functions previously given to the King given instead to the President of Ireland.
Irish governments have sought the peaceful reunification of Ireland and have usually cooperated with the British government in their violent conflict with the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland known as the "Troubles".
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 Northern Ireland - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is situated on the island of Ireland, consisting of six north-eastern counties and is the only part of the United Kingdom with an external land border (with the Republic of Ireland).
Northern Ireland was covered by an ice sheet for most of the last ice age and on numerous previous occasions, the legacy of which can be seen in the extensive coverage of drumlins in Counties Fermanagh, Armagh, Antrim and particularly Down.
Unionists were in a minority on the island of Ireland as a whole, but were a majority in the northern province of Ulster, and a very large majority in the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down and Londonderry, with substantial numbers also concentrated in the nationalist-majority counties of Fermanagh and Tyrone.
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 Ireland's OWN: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Because the discrimination exercised by the British authorities in Northern Ireland was based on the religion of the population, the impression was created that the conflict in Northern Ireland was a religious conflict and not a political one.
Under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act, it was possible that the constitutional position of the Six Counties could have been changed by legislation at Westminster.
In 1972, the Northern Ireland Parliament was prorogued indefinitely because of the North’s disturbed situation.
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 Ireland: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
The Republic of Ireland was proclaimed on April 18, 1949, and withdrew from the Commonwealth.
The “troubles”—the violence and terrorist acts between Republicans and Unionists in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland—would plague the island for the remainder of the century and beyond.
Church of Ireland - Ireland, Church of, Anglican church of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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 Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland, Éire, embassy, embassies
The constitution provides that the name of the state is "Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland." However the state is commonly referred to as the "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole.
Today while Republic of Ireland is an accepted term for the state, Ireland is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and legal documents and membership of international organisations.
The song is regarded by many nationalists as the national anthem of the whole of Ireland, and it is therefore sung, for example, at Gaelic Athletic Association matches held anywhere on the island.
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 WashingtonPost.com: N. Ireland Special Report
Oliver Cromwell's subsequent siege of Ireland in 1649 ended with massacres of Catholics at Drogheda and Wexford and forced the resettlement of thousands, many of whom lost their homes in the struggle.
The partitioning would have a lasting impact on the island as the act provided for separate parliaments: one in Belfast serving six counties in the north and the other in Dublin for the remaining 26 counties.
Finally, after 21 months of talks, Northern Ireland's political leaders reached a historic Good Friday agreement on a new form of self-rule for the embattled province, giving minority Catholics a greater voice while meeting Protestant demands that the province remain a part of Britain.
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 The Northern Irish Conflict: A Chronology
The history of Northern Ireland can be traced back to the 17th century, when the English finally succeeded in subduing the island after successfully putting down a number of rebellions.
In a dual referendum held on May 22, 1998, Northern Ireland approved the accord by a vote of 71% to 29%, and the Irish Republic by a vote of 94%.
International recognition and support for peace in Northern Ireland came on Oct. 16, 1998, when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to John Hume and David Trimble, the leaders of the largest Catholic and Protestant political parties, respectively, in Northern Ireland.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fearful of de Valera's prestige, Costello introduced in the Dáil the Republic of Ireland Act, which ended the fiction of Commonwealth membership that had been maintained since 1937.
Britain recognized the status of Ireland but declared that cession of the six counties could not occur without consent of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Economic difficulties and a controversy between the ministry and the Roman Catholic hierarchy over the Public Health Act weakened Costello's government, and, after the general election of 1951, de Valera again became prime minister.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu /exhibits/irish/irelandact.html   (198 words)

  
 Ulster Project International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the wake of partition, Northern Ireland saw a lot of rioting, and July was particularly bad.
The Act was exclusively used against the flying of the 'tricolour' (the flag of the Republic of Ireland).
Marjorie (Mo) Molam, was appointed as Secretary of State of Northern Ireland in the new Labour government.
ulsterproject.org /timeline.htm   (3854 words)

  
 ALGINATE INDUSTRIES (IRELAND) LIMITED (ACQUISITION OF SHARES) ACT, 1949   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
(3) A nominee shall, in the exercise of his rights and powers in respect of the shares standing in his name as nominee, act in accordance with the directions of the Minister.
—For the purposes of this Act, the Minister shall be a qualified person under the Control of Manufactures Act, 1934 (No. 36 of 1934).
—This Act may be cited as the Alginate Industies (Ireland) Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1949.
www.irishstatutebook.ie /1949_22.html   (589 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Act 1998 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
47) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established a devolved legislature for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly, after decades of direct rule from Westminster.
It repealed the Government of Ireland Act 1920, parts of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, and established new rules in line with the European Union and the Northern Ireland peace process.
 This Northern Ireland related article is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998   (183 words)

  
 Intellectual Property Legislations
Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act 1927 (Ireland)
Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) (Amendment) Act 1929 (Ireland)
Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) (Amendment) Act 1949 (Ireland)
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